Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Moldova, Romania
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
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Interesting Facts
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
- 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3121
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2019
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
alo
Bwakeye
Thank You
multumesc
Urakoze
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
Urakomeye?
Good Night
noapte Buna
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
buna Seara
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
Mwaramutse
Please
Vă Rog
Ndagusavye
Sorry
scuze
Ndasubiza
Bye
La revedere
N’agasaga
I Love You
Te iubesc
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Aromanian
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
250,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
Ha
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
5,000.00990,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
Shubi
Where They Speak
Croatia
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
1,400.00153,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
106
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
28.00 million8.80 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.37 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
24.00 million8.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Română
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
roumain; moldave
rundi
German Name
Rumänisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Romanians
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
1521
1500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
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Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Romanian
Kirundi
Language Position
3686
1
120
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Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
Kirundi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
ro
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ron
run
ISO 639 2/B
rum
run
ISO 639 3
ron
run
ISO 639 6
ron
run
Glottocode
roma1327
rund1242
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
-
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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