Nepali and Kirundi
Countries
India, Nepal
Burma
National Language
Nepal
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
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Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
- 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
Hindi
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Bwakeye
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Urakoze
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Urakomeye?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Mwaramutse
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
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Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
N’agasaga
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
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Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
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Dialect 1
Doteli
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Nepal
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Shubi
Where They Speak
Nepal
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
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French Name
népalais
rundi
German Name
Nepali
Kirundi
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
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Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Kirundi
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
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Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
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ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
nepa1254
rund1242
Linguasphere
12
No data available
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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All Nepali 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 Nepali and Kirundi dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Kirundi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Kirundi Dialects are spoken in different Kirundi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Kirundi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi , Ha. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Kirundi Speaking population
Nepali and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % 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 Nepali and Kirundi on Nepali vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Kirundi Language Codes
Nepali and Kirundi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Kirundi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.