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Burmese and Kirundi


Kirundi and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
Burma   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
33   
23
19   
9

Scripts
Tangut   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

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)   
Not available   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
N’agasaga   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
Not available   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Rwanda-Rundi   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Ha   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
990,000.00   
25

Dialect 3
Intha   
Shubi   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
153,000.00   
24

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
8.80 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
8.80 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
íkiRǔndi   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Not Available   

French Name
birman   
rundi   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Kirundi   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
1500   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Kirundi   

Language Position
43   
32
86   
99+

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
rn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
run   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
run   

ISO 639 3
mya   
run   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
rund1242   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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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.

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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

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