Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Burma
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
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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
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Where They Speak
India
Tanzania
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Shubi
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Tanzania
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
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Kirundi
Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Kirundi Sign Language
Glottocode
mala1464
rund1242
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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Malayalam and Kirundi Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Malayalam and Kirundi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Kirundi language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Kirundi word for "Thank You" is Urakoze. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Kirundi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Kirundi Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Kirundi Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Malayalam and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is 36 weeks.