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Gujarati and Kirundi


Kirundi and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India   
Burma   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
India   
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
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
NA   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
  • 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
Bengali Language   
Kinyarwanda Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
31   
21
19   
9

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks   
4
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)   
Bwakeye   

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   
Urakoze   

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   
Urakomeye?   

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   
Ijoro ryiza   

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   
Mwiriwe   

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   
Mwiriwe   

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   
Mwaramutse   

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   
Ndagusavye   

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   
Not available   

Bye
બાય (Bāya)   
N’agasaga   

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   
Not available   

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi   
Rwanda-Rundi   

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   

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

Dialect 2
Kharwa   
Ha   

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
990,000.00   
25

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Shubi   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
153,000.00   
24

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.74 %   
24
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
50.00 million   
22
8.80 million   
99+

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   
íkiRǔndi   

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   
Not Available   

French Name
goudjrati   
rundi   

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache   
Kirundi   

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Gujaratis   
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   

History

Origin
15   
1500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati   
Kirundi   

Language Position
23   
19
86   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
gu   
rn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj   
run   

ISO 639 2/B
guj   
run   

ISO 639 3
guj   
run   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
guja1252   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Gujarati and Kirundi Speaking population

Gujarati and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % 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 Gujarati and Kirundi on Gujarati vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Kirundi Language Codes

Gujarati and Kirundi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Gujarati and Kirundi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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