Countries
Burma
Assam, India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Assam, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Regulated By
-
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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.
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Derived From
-
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2145
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
520
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1925
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks34 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bwakeye
नमस्कार
Thank You
Urakoze
धन्यवाद
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
Nungni khabora ma?
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
बोडो
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
अन्धानि बार
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
Please
Ndagusavye
अननानै (Onnanwi)
Sorry
Ndasubiza
दु:खित
Bye
N’agasaga
Lwrbw
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
दु:खित
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ha
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
How Many People Speak
990,000.001,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Shubi
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Assam, India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
153,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million0.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.80 million0.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
íkiRǔndi
बड़ो (boṛo)
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
French Name
rundi
bodo
German Name
Kirundi
Bodo
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[bɔɽo]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Origin
1500
1913
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
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Standard Forms
Kirundi
-
Language Position
8630
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Signed Bodo
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
rn
br
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
brx
ISO 639 2/B
run
brx
ISO 639 3
run
brx
ISO 639 6
run
brx
Glottocode
rund1242
bodo1269
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAB
Types of Language
Language Type
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Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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