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Kirundi and Konkani


Konkani and Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
India  

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Govenment of Goa  

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Marathi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
21  
3
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
16  
13

How Many Consonants
19  
9
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye  
Namaskar  

Thank You
Urakoze  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
Ndagusavye  
Chike  

Sorry
Ndasubiza  
Maf kor  

Bye
N’agasaga  
Adeus  

I Love You
Ndi waramutse  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
Ndasaba  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ha  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
-  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
99+
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
-  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
99+
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
rundi  
konkani  

German Name
Kirundi  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
1500  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Kokani  

Language Position
86  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
-  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
kok  

ISO 639 3
run  
kok  

ISO 639 6
run  
kok  

Glottocode
rund1242  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Kirundi and Konkani 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 Konkani dialects. Various dialects of Kirundi and Konkani language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kirundi are spoken in different Kirundi Speaking Countries whereas Konkani Dialects are spoken in different Konkani speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kirundi vs Konkani Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi, Ha. Konkani dialects include: Antruz Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Kirundi and Konkani Speaking population

Kirundi and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. 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 Konkani on Kirundi vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kirundi and Konkani Language Codes

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