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Sanskrit and Kirundi


Kirundi and Sanskrit


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
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
  • 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
Old German Language  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
19  
9

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks  
5
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  
Mwaramutse  

Please
कृपया (kripayā)  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
-  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Not present  
Ha  

Where They Speak
-  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
-  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
14.10 million  
99+
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
-  
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
sanskrit  
rundi  

German Name
Sanskrit  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Sanskrit speakers  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
2000 B.C.  
1500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Sanskrit  
Kirundi  

Language Position
23  
21
86  
99+

Signed Forms
-  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
sa  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
san  
run  

ISO 639 3
san  
run  

ISO 639 6
san  
run  

Glottocode
sans1269  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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

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Sanskrit and Kirundi Speaking population

Sanskrit and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 % 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 Sanskrit and Kirundi on Sanskrit vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sanskrit and Kirundi Language Codes

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

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