Countries
Burma
Armenian Highland
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
-
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Greek
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2138
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1932
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
612
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bwakeye
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
Urakoze
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
Ndagusavye
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
Ndasubiza
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
N’agasaga
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ha
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
990,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Shubi
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Tanzania
-
How Many People Speak
153,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
62
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million6.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.80 million6.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million7.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
rundi
arménien
German Name
Kirundi
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Armenians
Origin
1500
late 5th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
8614
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Signed Armenian
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
rn
hy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
hye
ISO 639 2/B
run
arm
ISO 639 3
run
hye
ISO 639 6
run
hye
Glottocode
rund1242
arme1241
Linguasphere
No data available
57-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic