Kirundi and Santali
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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
Not Available
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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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Munda Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Urakoze
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
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Good Morning
Mwaramutse
Boge Setak’
Please
Ndagusavye
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Sorry
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Bye
N’agasaga
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I Love You
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Excuse Me
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Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Mahali
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Not Available
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 3
Shubi
Not present
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
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Native Name
íkiRǔndi
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
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Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
German Name
Kirundi
Santali
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Santali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
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Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 1
rn
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
rund1242
sant1410
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
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Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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All Kirundi and Santali 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 Santali dialects. Various dialects of Kirundi and Santali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kirundi are spoken in different Kirundi Speaking Countries whereas Santali Dialects are spoken in different Santali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kirundi vs Santali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi, Ha. Santali dialects include: Mahali Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kirundi and Santali Speaking population
Kirundi and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available. 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 Santali on Kirundi vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kirundi and Santali Language Codes
Kirundi and Santali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kirundi and Santali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.