Countries
Burma
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
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Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
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.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2151
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
511
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1940
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Bwakeye
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
Urakoze
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
Ndagusavye
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
Ndasubiza
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
N’agasaga
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Chakma
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ha
Hajong
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
990,000.0071,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Shubi
Rarhi
Where They Speak
Tanzania
India
How Many People Speak
153,000.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
625
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million215.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %3.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.80 million196.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million19.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
rundi
bengali
German Name
Kirundi
Bengali
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
1500
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Bengali
Language Position
864
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Signed Bengali
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
rn
bn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
ben
ISO 639 2/B
run
ben
ISO 639 3
run
ben
ISO 639 6
run
ben
Glottocode
rund1242
beng1280
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-u
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-