Countries
Burma
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
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Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
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Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Right-To-Left, Horizontal
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
چطور هستید?
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
شب بخیر
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
صبح به خیر
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
ببخشيد!
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Iran, Iraq
Dialect 2
Ha
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Afganistan
Dialect 3
Shubi
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
فارسی
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
German Name
Kirundi
Persisch
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Persian people
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Persian
Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Persian Sign Language
Glottocode
rund1242
fars1254
Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAC-c
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Synthetic
All Kirundi and Persian 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 Persian dialects. Various dialects of Kirundi and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kirundi are spoken in different Kirundi Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kirundi vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi, Ha. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kirundi and Persian Speaking population
Kirundi and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Kirundi vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kirundi and Persian Language Codes
Kirundi and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kirundi and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.