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Thai and Kirundi


Kirundi and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Thailand  
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
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
  • You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
  
  • 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
Lao Language  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
5  
2

How Many Consonants
44  
33
19  
9

Scripts
Thai  
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
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
Mwaramutse  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
39
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
24
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
thaï  
rundi  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
1500  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Kirundi  

Language Position
47  
99+
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
run  

ISO 639 3
tha  
run  

ISO 639 6
tha  
run  

Glottocode
thai1261  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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

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Thai and Kirundi Speaking population

Thai and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % 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 Thai and Kirundi on Thai vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and Kirundi Language Codes

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