Countries
Burma
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Malaysia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Thailand
Regulated By
-
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Indonesian Language
Derived From
-
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2126
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1924
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bwakeye
Hai
Thank You
Urakoze
terima kasih
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
Apa khabar?
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
Selamat pagi
Please
Ndagusavye
sila
Sorry
Ndasubiza
maaf
Bye
N’agasaga
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.001,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ha
Pekal
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
990,000.0030,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Shubi
Musi
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
153,000.003,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
624
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million175.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %1.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.80 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million98.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Bahasa Malaysia
French Name
rundi
malais
German Name
Kirundi
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Malaysian people
Origin
1500
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
8654
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
rn
ms
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
msa
ISO 639 2/B
run
may
ISO 639 3
run
zsm
ISO 639 6
run
may
Glottocode
rund1242
stan1306
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative