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Konkani and Kirundi


Kirundi and Konkani


Countries

Countries
India  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
Burundi, Gambia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Marathi  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
19  
9

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
kaso assa?  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn  
Mwaramutse  

Please
Chike  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
Maf kor  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
Adeus  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
upkar korxi  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Goa  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Not present  
Ha  

Where They Speak
-  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00  
99+
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
-  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
7.00  
99+
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
konkani  
rundi  

German Name
Konkani  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
kõkɳi  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Konkanis  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
1209 A.D.  
1500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kokani  
Kirundi  

Language Position
23  
21
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
kok  
run  

ISO 639 3
kok  
run  

ISO 639 6
kok  
run  

Glottocode
goan1235  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Konkani and Kirundi Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Konkani and Kirundi dialects. Various dialects of Konkani and Kirundi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Konkani are spoken in different Konkani Speaking Countries whereas Kirundi Dialects are spoken in different Kirundi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Konkani vs Kirundi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Konkani dialects include: Antruz Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi , Ha. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Konkani and Kirundi Speaking population

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Konkani and Kirundi Language Codes

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