Countries
Burma
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Munda Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2130
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1921
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bwakeye
Henda ho
Thank You
Urakoze
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
संध्यायान
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
Boge Setak’
Please
Ndagusavye
দয়া করে
Sorry
Ndasubiza
দুঃখিত
Bye
N’agasaga
Hariau
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Mahali
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
India
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ha
Not present
Where They Speak
Tanzania
-
How Many People Speak
990,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Shubi
Not present
Where They Speak
Tanzania
-
How Many People Speak
153,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
61
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million6.30 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.80 million6.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million6.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
rundi
santal
German Name
Kirundi
Santali
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
1500
20th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Santali
Language Position
8641
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Santali Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
rn
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
sat
ISO 639 2/B
run
sat
ISO 639 3
run
sat
ISO 639 6
run
sat
Glottocode
rund1242
sant1410
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-