Kirundi and Khmer
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, France, United States of America
Interesting Facts
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Lao Language
Derived From
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Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Bwakeye
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
Thank You
Urakoze
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
រាត្រីលា
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
លើកលែងរសៀល
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
Bye
N’agasaga
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
សូមទាញយក
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Vietnam
Dialect 3
Shubi
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Cambodia, Thailand
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
rundi
khmer central
German Name
Kirundi
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Modern Khmer
Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Khmer Sign Language
Glottocode
rund1242
khme1253
Linguasphere
No data available
48-ACB
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
All Kirundi and Khmer Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Kirundi and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Kirundi and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kirundi are spoken in different Kirundi Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kirundi vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi, Ha. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kirundi and Khmer Speaking population
Kirundi and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Kirundi and Khmer on Kirundi vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kirundi and Khmer Language Codes
Kirundi and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kirundi and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.