Countries
Myanmar
  
Burma
  
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 in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Shubi
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
8.80 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
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
  
Burmese and Kirundi Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Burmese and Kirundi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Kirundi language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Kirundi word for "Thank You" is Urakoze. Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Kirundi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Burmese vs Kirundi Difficulty
The Burmese vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Kirundi Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Burmese and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is Not Available.