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Kirundi
Kirundi

Malagasy
Malagasy



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Kirundi and Malagasy

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Countries

Countries

Burma
Madagascar

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Burundi, Gambia
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

-
-

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.
  • Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
  • About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.

Similar To

Kinyarwanda Language
Swahili and Comorian Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2121
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1920
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Bwakeye
Salama!

Thank You

Urakoze
Misaotra

How Are You?

Urakomeye?
Manao ahoana!

Good Night

Ijoro ryiza
Alina tsara

Good Evening

Mwiriwe
Manao ahoana e

Good Afternoon

Mwiriwe
Manao ahoana e

Good Morning

Mwaramutse
Maraina tsara

Please

Ndagusavye
azafady

Sorry

Ndasubiza
Miala tsiny

Bye

N’agasaga
Veloma!

I Love You

Ndi waramutse
Tiako ianao.

Excuse Me

Ndasaba
Azafady

Dialects

Dialect 1

Rwanda-Rundi
Eastern Malagasy

Where They Speak

Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Merina

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ha
Western Malagasy

Where They Speak

Tanzania
Sakalava

How Many People Speak

990,000.001,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Shubi
Plateau Malagasy

Where They Speak

Tanzania
-

How Many People Speak

153,000.0020,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

62
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

8.80 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.28 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.80 million18.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

12.00 million18.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

íkiRǔndi
Fiteny Malagasy

Alternative Names

Rundi, Urundi
Malagasy Sign Language

French Name

rundi
malgache

German Name

Kirundi
Malagassi-Sprache

Pronunciation

[kɪˈrʊndi]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]

Ethnicity

Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Malagasy people

History

Origin

1500
1000 AD

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

-
Austronesian

Branch

-
Indonesian

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Kirundi
standard Malagasy

Language Position

8684
1 120
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Signed Forms

Kirundi Sign Language
Malagasy Sign Language

Scope

-
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

rn
mg

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

run
mlg

ISO 639 2/B

run
mlg

ISO 639 3

run
mlg

ISO 639 6

run
mlg

Glottocode

rund1242
mala1537

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

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Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Verb-Object-Subject

Language Morphological Typology

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Kirundi and Malagasy Alphabets

Kirundi and Malagasy Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Kirundi and Malagasy. In Kirundi Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Kirundi and Malagasy languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Kirundi and Malagasy 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 Malagasy greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Kirundi and Malagasy are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Kirundi and Malagasy Speaking population

Kirundi and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. 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 Malagasy on Kirundi vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kirundi and Malagasy Language Codes

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