Countries
Burma
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Old German Language
Derived From
-
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2152
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
516
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1936
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks20 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bwakeye
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
Urakoze
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
Ndagusavye
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
Ndasubiza
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
N’agasaga
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Not present
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
-
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00140,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ha
Not present
Where They Speak
Tanzania
-
How Many People Speak
990,000.00140,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Shubi
Not present
Where They Speak
Tanzania
-
How Many People Speak
153,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
60
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million14.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.80 million14.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million-
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
French Name
rundi
sanskrit
German Name
Kirundi
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Sanskrit speakers
Origin
1500
2000 B.C.
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Sanskrit
Language Position
8623
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
-
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
rn
sa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
san
ISO 639 2/B
run
san
ISO 639 3
run
san
ISO 639 6
run
san
Glottocode
rund1242
sans1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic