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Arabic and Kirundi


Kirundi and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Burma   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
1   
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Burundi, Gambia   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Africa, Asia   

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

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew   
Kinyarwanda Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
28   
18
19   
9

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
Bwakeye   

Thank You
شكرا   
Urakoze   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
Urakomeye?   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
Ijoro ryiza   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
Mwiriwe   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
Mwiriwe   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
Mwaramutse   

Please
من فضلك   
Ndagusavye   

Sorry
آسف   
Not available   

Bye
وداعا   
N’agasaga   

I Love You
أحبك   
Not available   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Rwanda-Rundi   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Ha   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
990,000.00   
25

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Shubi   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
153,000.00   
24

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
8.80 million   
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
8.80 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
Not Available   

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
íkiRǔndi   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Not Available   

French Name
arabe   
rundi   

German Name
Arabisch   
Kirundi   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   

History

Origin
512 CE   
1500   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
North Arabic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Kirundi   

Language Position
25   
21
86   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
rn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
run   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
run   

ISO 639 3
ara   
run   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
rund1242   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Arabic and Kirundi Speaking population

Arabic and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % 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 Arabic and Kirundi on Arabic vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Kirundi Language Codes

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