Countries
Burma
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
-
-
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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2127
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1915
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Bengali
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bwakeye
Khurumjari
Thank You
Urakoze
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
Nongale haugatl
Please
Ndagusavye
Chanbiduna
Sorry
Ndasubiza
Saobiganu
Bye
N’agasaga
Chatcharage
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Loi
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ha
Pangal
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
990,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Shubi
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
153,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
66
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million1.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.80 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
rundi
Meithei
German Name
Kirundi
Meithei
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Meithei people
Origin
1500
1700
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Standard Meithei
Language Position
8638
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
-
-
ISO 639 1
rn
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
mni
ISO 639 2/B
run
mni
ISO 639 3
run
mni
ISO 639 6
run
mni
Glottocode
rund1242
mani1292
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
-
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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