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Kirundi and Oriya


Oriya and Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
India  

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  
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.
  
  • The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Bengali and Assamese  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
11  
8

How Many Consonants
19  
9
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)  

Thank You
Urakoze  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)  

Please
Ndagusavye  
ଦୟାକରି  

Sorry
Ndasubiza  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  

Bye
N’agasaga  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  

I Love You
Ndi waramutse  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)  

Excuse Me
Ndasaba  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Baleswari  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
India  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
33,800,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
Ha  
Ganjami  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
India  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
99+
33,800,000.00  
20

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Kosli  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
India  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
99+
520,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million  
99+
33.00 million  
34

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
35.00 million  
24

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  

Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia  

French Name
rundi  
oriya  

German Name
Kirundi  
Oriya-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]  
[ˈoɽia]  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Odias  

History

Origin
1500  
3 BC  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Standard Odia  

Language Position
86  
99+
32  
30

Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
-  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
or  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
ori  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
ori  

ISO 639 3
run  
ori  

ISO 639 6
run  
ori  

Glottocode
rund1242  
macr1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Kirundi and Oriya Speaking population

Kirundi and Oriya speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Oriya languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Oriya Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 %. 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 Oriya on Kirundi vs Oriya where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kirundi and Oriya Language Codes

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

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