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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Burma
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
About Spanish L..
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
3
Rank: 12 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Somalia
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Africa, Middle East
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
1.8 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.
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
1.9 Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Afar and Oromo Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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21
Rank: 3 (Overall)
26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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19
Rank: 9 (Overall)
21
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
5
Rank: 4 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
52 weeks
Rank: 12 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Bwakeye
Hello
3.2 Thank You
Urakoze
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
3.3 How Are You?
Urakomeye?
Sidee tahay ?
3.4 Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
Habeenka Good
3.5 Good Evening
Mwiriwe
Evening Good
3.6 Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
galab wanaagsan
3.7 Good Morning
Mwaramutse
Subax wanaagsan
3.8 Please
Ndagusavye
Fadlan
3.9 Sorry
Not available
sorry
3.10 Bye
N’agasaga
caraysiiyo
3.11 I Love You
Not available
Waan ku jeclahay
3.12 Excuse Me
Not available
iga raali ahow
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Northern Somali
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Gabon, Standard Somali
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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20,000,000.00
Rank: 10 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Ha
Benaadir
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Tanzania
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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990,000.00
Rank: 25 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Shubi
Af-Ashraaf
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Tanzania
Standard Somali
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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153,000.00
Rank: 24 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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6
Rank: 6 (Overall)
3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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8.80 million
Rank: 59 (Overall)
13.00 million
Rank: 49 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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0.13 %
Rank: 51 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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8.80 million
Rank: 49 (Overall)
8.00 million
Rank: 53 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
íkiRǔndi
af Soomaali
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
5.3.4 French Name
rundi
somali
5.3.5 German Name
Kirundi
Somali
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Somalis
6 History
6.1 Origin
1500
19th century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Cushitic
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Kirundi
Somali
6.3.3 Language Position
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86
Rank: 57 (Overall)
83
Rank: 55 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Somali Sign Language
6.4 Scope
Not Available
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
rn
so
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
run
som
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
run
som
7.3 ISO 639 3
run
som
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
rund1242
soma1255
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Not Available
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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Kirundi and Somali Alphabets

Kirundi and Somali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Kirundi and Somali. In Kirundi Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Kirundi and Somali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Kirundi and Somali languages. The Kirundi phonology consist Kirundi vowels and Kirundi consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Kirundi greetings vs Somali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Kirundi and Somali are Most Spoken Languages.

All Kirundi and Somali 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 Somali dialects. Various dialects of Kirundi and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kirundi are spoken in different Kirundi Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kirundi vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi, Ha. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Kirundi and Somali Speaking population

Kirundi and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali 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 Somali on Kirundi vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kirundi and Somali Language Codes

Kirundi and Somali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kirundi and Somali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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