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Kirundi
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Kirundi and Luri

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Countries

Countries

Burma
Iran

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Burundi, Gambia
Iran

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
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Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia
Antartica

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
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Regulated By

-
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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.
Luri language is spoken mainly in western and southwestern Iran.

Similar To

Kinyarwanda Language
Persian

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2145
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1940
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks25 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Bwakeye
hello

Thank You

Urakoze
Thank you

How Are You?

Urakomeye?
how are you

Good Night

Ijoro ryiza
Good night

Good Evening

Mwiriwe
Good evening

Good Afternoon

Mwiriwe
Good afternoon

Good Morning

Mwaramutse
Good morning

Please

Ndagusavye
Please

Sorry

Ndasubiza
sorry

Bye

N’agasaga
bye

I Love You

Ndi waramutse
i love you

Excuse Me

Ndasaba
excuse me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Rwanda-Rundi
Feyli lurish

Where They Speak

Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ha
Bakhtiari

Where They Speak

Tanzania
Iran

How Many People Speak

990,000.003,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Shubi
Laki

Where They Speak

Tanzania
Iran

How Many People Speak

153,000.001,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

65
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

8.80 million0.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.00 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.80 million0.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

12.00 million89.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

íkiRǔndi
nanme

Alternative Names

Rundi, Urundi
Lori, Luri, Luristani

French Name

rundi
louri

German Name

Kirundi
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Pronunciation

[kɪˈrʊndi]
[ˈoɽia]

Ethnicity

Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Lurs

History

Origin

1500
19 BC

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

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Indo-Iranian

Branch

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Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
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Standard Forms

Kirundi
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Language Position

8623
1 120
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Signed Forms

Kirundi Sign Language
Indian Signing System

Scope

-
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Code

ISO 639 1

rn
12

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

run
lrc

ISO 639 2/B

run
lrc

ISO 639 3

run
12

ISO 639 6

run
lrc

Glottocode

rund1242
12

Linguasphere

No data available
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Types of Language

Language Type

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Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Kirundi and Luri Alphabets

Kirundi and Luri Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Kirundi and Luri. In Kirundi Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Luri Alphabets there are 45 letters. To learn Kirundi and Luri languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Kirundi and Luri languages. The Kirundi phonology consist Kirundi vowels and Kirundi consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Kirundi greetings vs Luri greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Kirundi and Luri are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Kirundi and Luri Speaking population

Kirundi and Luri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Luri languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Luri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Luri language is 0.00 %. 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 Luri on Kirundi vs Luri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kirundi and Luri Language Codes

Kirundi and Luri language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kirundi and Luri Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.