Countries
Burma
Thailand
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Thailand
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
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Regulated By
-
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
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.
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Lao Language
Derived From
-
Khmer Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2144
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
532
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1944
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Thai
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bwakeye
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
Urakoze
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Please
Ndagusavye
โปรด (Pord)
Sorry
Ndasubiza
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Bye
N’agasaga
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Isan
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Isan
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ha
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Northern Thailand
How Many People Speak
990,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Shubi
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
How Many People Speak
153,000.004,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
69
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.85 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.80 million20.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million40.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
French Name
rundi
thaï
German Name
Kirundi
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Origin
1500
1283 CE
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
-
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Thai
Language Position
8647
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Thai Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
rn
th
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
tha
ISO 639 2/B
run
tha
ISO 639 3
run
tha
ISO 639 6
run
tha
Glottocode
rund1242
thai1261
Linguasphere
No data available
47-AAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating