Countries
Burma
Macedonia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
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
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
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Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
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.
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2131
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1926
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bwakeye
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Urakoze
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
Ndagusavye
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Sorry
Ndasubiza
жал (žal)
Bye
N’agasaga
Чао (Čao)
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.001.50
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ha
Debar
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
990,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Shubi
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
153,000.002,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
628
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million2.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.80 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
rundi
macédonien
German Name
Kirundi
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Macedonians
Origin
1500
2200 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Slavic
Branch
-
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Macedonian
Language Position
8645
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
rn
mk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
mkd
ISO 639 2/B
run
mac
ISO 639 3
run
mkd
ISO 639 6
run
mkd
Glottocode
rund1242
mace1250
Linguasphere
No data available
53-AAA-ha
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic