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Norwegian and Kirundi


Kirundi and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Norway  
Burundi, Gambia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
  • 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
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
takk  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
god natt  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
god kveld  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
god morgen  
Mwaramutse  

Please
Vær så snill  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
unnskyld  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
ha det  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
38
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million  
99+
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
Norsk  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
rundi  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
1500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Kirundi  

Language Position
18  
16
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
run  

ISO 639 3
nor  
run  

ISO 639 6
nor  
run  

Glottocode
norw1258  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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

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Norwegian and Kirundi Speaking population

Norwegian and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 % 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 Norwegian and Kirundi on Norwegian vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Kirundi Language Codes

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

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