Countries
Burma
New Zealand
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
New Zealand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Australia, Oceania
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Māori Language Commission
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.
- "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
- The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Tahitian Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2120
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1910
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Bwakeye
Hello
Thank You
Urakoze
Mauruuru koutou
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
E pēhea ana koe ?
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
Night pai
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
pai ahiahi
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
Afternoon pai
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
Morning pai
Please
Ndagusavye
Tēnā
Sorry
Ndasubiza
Aroha mai
Bye
N’agasaga
poroporoaki
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
tukua ahau
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
South Island Māori
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00150,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ha
Western North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Tanzania
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
990,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Shubi
Eastern North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Tanzania
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
153,000.00150,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million0.18 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.80 million0.18 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million0.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
te Reo Māori
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
New Zealand Maori
French Name
rundi
maori
German Name
Kirundi
Maori-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[ˈmaɔɾi]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Māori people
Origin
1500
1814
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Polynesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Maori
Language Position
8626
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Maori Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
rn
mi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
mri
ISO 639 2/B
run
mao
ISO 639 3
run
mri
ISO 639 6
run
mri
Glottocode
rund1242
maor1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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