Countries
Burma
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
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
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
-
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2153
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
515
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1941
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bwakeye
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
Urakoze
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
Ndagusavye
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
Ndasubiza
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
N’agasaga
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ha
Mappila
Where They Speak
Tanzania
India
How Many People Speak
990,000.0038,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Shubi
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Tanzania
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
153,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million38.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.57 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.80 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
rundi
malayalam
German Name
Kirundi
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Malayali
Origin
1500
9th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early form
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Malayalam
Language Position
8629
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Signed Malayalam
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
rn
ml
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
mal
ISO 639 2/B
run
mal
ISO 639 3
run
mal
ISO 639 6
run
mal
Glottocode
rund1242
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic