Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Thailand
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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
Indonesian Language
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
Tamil Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2621
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2419
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
Bwakeye
Thank You
terima kasih
Urakoze
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Urakomeye?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
Mwaramutse
Please
sila
Ndagusavye
Sorry
maaf
Ndasubiza
Bye
Selamat tinggal
N’agasaga
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Ha
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
30,000.00990,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Shubi
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00153,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
246
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
175.00 million8.80 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million8.80 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
98.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
malais
rundi
German Name
Malaiisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
c. 683 AD
1500
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Kirundi
Language Position
5486
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Kirundi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
ms
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
run
ISO 639 2/B
may
run
ISO 639 3
zsm
run
ISO 639 6
may
run
Glottocode
stan1306
rund1242
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
-
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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