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Javanese and Kirundi


Kirundi and Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
Burma   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Indonesia   
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
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
  • 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   
Kinyarwanda Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
19   
9

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
Bwakeye   

Thank You
matur nuwun   
Urakoze   

How Are You?
piye kabare?   
Urakomeye?   

Good Night
wengi sing apik   
Ijoro ryiza   

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten   
Mwiriwe   

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang   
Mwiriwe   

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing   
Mwaramutse   

Please
Not Available   
Ndagusavye   

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten   
Not available   

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang   
N’agasaga   

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan   
Not available   

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan   
Rwanda-Rundi   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   

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

Dialect 2
Cirebon   
Ha   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
990,000.00   
25

Dialect 3
Arekan   
Shubi   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
153,000.00   
24

Total No. Of Dialects
16   
15
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million   
19
8.80 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.25 %   
13
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
8.80 million   
99+

Native Name
basa Jawa   
íkiRǔndi   

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa   
Not Available   

French Name
javanais   
rundi   

German Name
Javanisch   
Kirundi   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)   
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   

History

Origin
450 AD   
1500   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Javanese   
Kirundi   

Language Position
11   
10
86   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
jv   
rn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav   
run   

ISO 639 2/B
jav   
run   

ISO 639 3
jav   
run   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
java1253   
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 Javanese 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 Javanese and Kirundi dialects. Various dialects of Javanese and Kirundi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Javanese are spoken in different Javanese Speaking Countries whereas Kirundi Dialects are spoken in different Kirundi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Javanese vs Kirundi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan, Cirebon. Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi , Ha. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Javanese and Kirundi Speaking population

Javanese and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % 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 Javanese and Kirundi on Javanese vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Javanese and Kirundi Language Codes

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

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