Countries
Burma
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Gambia
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Hindi Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2153
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
59
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1941
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bwakeye
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
Urakoze
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
Ndagusavye
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
Ndasubiza
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
N’agasaga
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ha
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
990,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Shubi
Doabi
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
153,000.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
630
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million154.30 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %1.44 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.80 million100.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
rundi
pendjabi
German Name
Kirundi
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Punjabis
Origin
1500
1000 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
8623
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
-
-
ISO 639 1
rn
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
pan
ISO 639 2/B
run
pan
ISO 639 3
run
pan
ISO 639 6
run
panj
Glottocode
rund1242
panj1256
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional