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Malayalam and Kirundi


Kirundi and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
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
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
  • Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
  • 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
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
5  
2

How Many Consonants
41  
30
19  
9

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
Mwaramutse  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Ha  

Where They Speak
India  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
17
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
malayalam  
rundi  

German Name
Malayalam  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1500  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Kirundi  

Language Position
29  
27
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
run  

ISO 639 3
mal  
run  

ISO 639 6
mal  
run  

Glottocode
mala1464  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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

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Malayalam and Kirundi Speaking population

Malayalam and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % 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 Malayalam and Kirundi on Malayalam vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Kirundi Language Codes

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

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