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Malaysian vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

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  
-  

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Musi  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
99+
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
12.00 million  
38

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  

History

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
54  
99+
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

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  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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Malaysian and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Kirundi language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD whereas history of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Malaysian and Kirundi Language History.

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Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Kirundi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and Kirundi language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or Kirundi word for "Thank You" is Urakoze. Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and Kirundi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Malaysian vs Kirundi Difficulty

The Malaysian vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is 36 weeks.

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