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Kirundi and Norwegian


Norwegian and Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
Norway  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
-  
Norwegian Language Council  

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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
21  
3
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
19  
9
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye  
hallo  

Thank You
Urakoze  
takk  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
god natt  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
god morgen  

Please
Ndagusavye  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
Ndasubiza  
unnskyld  

Bye
N’agasaga  
ha det  

I Love You
Ndi waramutse  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
Ndasaba  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ha  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi  
Norsk  

French Name
rundi  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Kirundi  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
1500  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
86  
99+
18  
16

Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
-  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
nor  

ISO 639 3
run  
nor  

ISO 639 6
run  
nor  

Glottocode
rund1242  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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

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Kirundi and Norwegian Speaking population

Kirundi and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 %. 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 Norwegian on Kirundi vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kirundi and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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