Countries
Burma
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
North Korea, South Korea
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
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
-
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2140
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
521
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1919
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Hangul
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks88 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Bwakeye
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Urakoze
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
Ndagusavye
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Ndasubiza
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
N’agasaga
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Jeju
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
South Korea
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ha
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Tanzania
South Korea
How Many People Speak
990,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Shubi
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Tanzania
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
153,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
612
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.80 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million77.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
rundi
coréen
German Name
Kirundi
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Koreans
Origin
1500
Before 1st century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
8612
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
rn
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
kor
ISO 639 2/B
run
kor
ISO 639 3
run
Kor
ISO 639 6
run
kor
Glottocode
rund1242
kore1280
Linguasphere
No data available
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative