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Maithili and Kirundi


Kirundi and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Nepal  
Burundi, Gambia  

Second Language
Nepal  
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
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  
  • 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
Bhojpuri Language  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
19  
9

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
Mwaramutse  

Please
kripaya  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
maf karai  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
Alavidā  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
21
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Ha  

Where They Speak
North India  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million  
35
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
35
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
maithili  
rundi  

German Name
Maithili  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
14th century  
1500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Kirundi  

Language Position
40  
37
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
run  

ISO 639 3
mai  
run  

ISO 639 6
mai  
run  

Glottocode
mait1250  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Maithili 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 Maithili and Kirundi dialects. Various dialects of Maithili and Kirundi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maithili are spoken in different Maithili Speaking Countries whereas Kirundi Dialects are spoken in different Kirundi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maithili vs Kirundi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat, Madhubani. Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi , Ha. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Maithili and Kirundi Speaking population

Maithili and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Maithili and Kirundi on Maithili vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Kirundi Language Codes

Maithili and Kirundi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maithili and Kirundi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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