Countries
Burma
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Gambia
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
-
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Konkani Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2152
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
516
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1936
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bwakeye
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
Urakoze
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
Ndagusavye
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
Ndasubiza
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
N’agasaga
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Kokan
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ha
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
990,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Shubi
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
153,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
642
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million71.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %1.10 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.80 million68.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
íkiRǔndi
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
rundi
marathe
German Name
Kirundi
Marathi
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Marathi people
Origin
1500
10th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Marathi
Language Position
8617
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
rn
mr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
mar
ISO 639 2/B
run
mar
ISO 639 3
run
mar
ISO 639 6
run
mar
Glottocode
rund1242
mara1378
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-