Countries
Burma
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
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University of Sarajevo
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.
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2130
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1925
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bwakeye
Zdravo
Thank You
Urakoze
Hvala
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
Kako si?
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
Laku noc
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
Dobar dan
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
Dobro jutro
Please
Ndagusavye
molim vas
Sorry
Ndasubiza
Oprostite
Bye
N’agasaga
Zbogom
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
Volim te
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0013,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ha
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Croatia
How Many People Speak
990,000.00660,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Shubi
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Croatia
How Many People Speak
153,000.0021,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
66
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million3.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.80 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Bosanski Jezik
French Name
rundi
bosniaque
German Name
Kirundi
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Bosniaks
Origin
1500
19th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Bosnian
Language Position
8624
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Bosnian Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
rn
bs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
bos
ISO 639 2/B
run
bos
ISO 639 3
run
bos
ISO 639 6
run
boss
Glottocode
rund1242
bosn1245
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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