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Oriya and Kirundi


Kirundi and Oriya


Countries

Countries
India  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
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
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
  • 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
Bengali and Assamese  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42  
22
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
5  
2

How Many Consonants
31  
21
19  
9

Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)  
Mwaramutse  

Please
ଦୟାକରି  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Baleswari  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
India  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
33,800,000.00  
22
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Ganjami  
Ha  

Where They Speak
India  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
33,800,000.00  
20
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kosli  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
India  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
33.00 million  
34
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
35.00 million  
24
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
oriya  
rundi  

German Name
Oriya-Sprache  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Odias  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
3 BC  
1500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Odia  
Kirundi  

Language Position
32  
30
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
or  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ori  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
ori  
run  

ISO 639 3
ori  
run  

ISO 639 6
ori  
run  

Glottocode
macr1269  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Oriya and Kirundi Speaking population

Oriya and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oriya and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Oriya and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 % 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 Oriya and Kirundi on Oriya vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oriya and Kirundi Language Codes

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

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