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Indonesian and Kirundi


Kirundi and Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
Burma   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Indonesia   
Burundi, Gambia   

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • 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
Malay language   
Kinyarwanda Language   

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
19   
9
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
Bwakeye   

Thank You
Terima kasih   
Urakoze   

How Are You?
Apa kabar?   
Urakomeye?   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
Ijoro ryiza   

Good Evening
Malam yang baik   
Mwiriwe   

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore   
Mwiriwe   

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi   
Mwaramutse   

Please
mohon Untuk   
Ndagusavye   

Sorry
maaf   
Not available   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
N’agasaga   

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu   
Not available   

Excuse Me
Permisi   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese   
Rwanda-Rundi   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00   
8
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Balinese   
Ha   

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00   
17
990,000.00   
25

Dialect 3
Minangkabau   
Shubi   

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
7
153,000.00   
24

Total No. Of Dialects
46   
30
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
8.80 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
8.80 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million   
4
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu   
íkiRǔndi   

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia   
Not Available   

French Name
indonésien   
rundi   

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia   
Kirundi   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Indonesians   
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   

History

Origin
7th Century   
1500   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Indonesian   
Kirundi   

Language Position
56   
99+
86   
99+

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
id   
rn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind   
run   

ISO 639 2/B
ind   
run   

ISO 639 3
ind   
run   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
indo1316   
rund1242   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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

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Indonesian and Kirundi Speaking population

Indonesian and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % 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 Indonesian and Kirundi on Indonesian vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Indonesian and Kirundi Language Codes

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

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