National Language
Myanmar
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Mon
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
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Interesting Facts
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
- 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
Thai Language
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
Pali Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
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Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Bwakeye
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Urakoze
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Urakomeye?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Mwaramutse
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Ndagusavye
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
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Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
N’agasaga
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Not available
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
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Dialect 1
Arakanese
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Tanzania
Where They Speak
Burma
Tanzania
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Not Available
German Name
Birmanisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Bamar people
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Kirundi
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
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Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
sout3159
rund1242
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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All Burmese 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 Burmese and Kirundi dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Kirundi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Kirundi Dialects are spoken in different Kirundi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Kirundi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi , Ha. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Burmese and Kirundi Speaking population
Burmese and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese 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 Burmese and Kirundi on Burmese vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Kirundi Language Codes
Burmese and Kirundi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Kirundi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
