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Kirundi vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Thailand  

Regulated By
-  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

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.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
-  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
21  
3
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
19  
9
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye  
Hai  

Thank You
Urakoze  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
Selamat pagi  

Please
Ndagusavye  
sila  

Sorry
Ndasubiza  
maaf  

Bye
N’agasaga  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Ndi waramutse  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
Ndasaba  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ha  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
99+
3,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million  
99+
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi  
Bahasa Malaysia  

French Name
rundi  
malais  

German Name
Kirundi  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Malaysian people  

History

Origin
1500  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
86  
99+
54  
99+

Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
may  

ISO 639 3
run  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
run  
may  

Glottocode
rund1242  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Kirundi and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Kirundi vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Kirundi and Malaysian language. History of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500 whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Kirundi and Malaysian Language History.

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Kirundi and Malaysian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Kirundi and Malaysian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kirundi and Malaysian language. Kirundi word for "Hello" is Bwakeye or Malaysian word for "Thank You" is terima kasih. Find more of such common Kirundi Greetings and Malaysian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Kirundi vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Kirundi vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and Malaysian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Kirundi and Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is 36 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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