Countries
Burma
  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
  
Abkhazia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Caucasian languages
  
Alphabets in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Bwakeye
  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Thank You
Urakoze
  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
Please
Ndagusavye
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Bye
N’agasaga
  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
I Love You
Not available
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Bzyb
  
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
Abkhazia
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ha
  
Abzhywa
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Caucasus
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Sadz
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
0.13 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.80 million
  
99+
0.13 million
  
99+
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
French Name
rundi
  
abkhaze
  
German Name
Kirundi
  
Abchasisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Abkhaz people
  
Origin
1500
  
c. 1650
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Northwest Caucasian
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kirundi
  
Abkhaz
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
rn
  
ab
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
run
  
abk
  
ISO 639 2/B
run
  
abk
  
ISO 639 3
run
  
abk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
abks
  
Glottocode
rund1242
  
abkh1244
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Kirundi and Abkhaz Speaking population
Kirundi and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is Not Available. 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 Kirundi and Abkhaz on Kirundi vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kirundi and Abkhaz Language Codes
Kirundi and Abkhaz language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kirundi and Abkhaz Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.