Countries
Burma
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Regulated By
-
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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.
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Czech Language
Derived From
-
Czech-Slovak Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2146
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
515
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1938
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Bwakeye
Ahoj
Thank You
Urakoze
Ďakujem vám
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
Ako sa máte?
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
Dobrú noc
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
Dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
Dobré popoludnie
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
Dobré ráno
Please
Ndagusavye
Prosím
Sorry
Ndasubiza
Pardón!
Bye
N’agasaga
Dovidenia
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
Ľúbim Ťa
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
Prepáčte!
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Eastern Slovak
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.005,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ha
Central Slovak
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
How Many People Speak
990,000.005,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Shubi
Western Slovak
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
How Many People Speak
153,000.005,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million5.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.80 million5.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million6.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
slovenčina
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Slovakian, Slovencina
French Name
rundi
slovaque
German Name
Kirundi
Slowakisch
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[ˈsləʊvæk]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Slovaks
Origin
1500
6th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Slavic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Slavic
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Slovak
Language Position
8627
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Slovak Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
rn
sk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
slk
ISO 639 2/B
run
slo
ISO 639 3
run
slk
ISO 639 6
run
slk
Glottocode
rund1242
slov1269
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic