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Kirundi and Amharic


Amharic and Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Burundi, Gambia   
Ethiopia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Africa   

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.
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Amharic-1.jpg#200   

Alphabets
21   
3
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
19   
9
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Ethiopic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye   
Selam   

Thank You
Urakoze   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
Urakomeye?   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
Mwiriwe   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
Mwaramutse   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
Ndagusavye   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
Not available   
aznallehu   

Bye
N’agasaga   
tschao   

I Love You
Not available   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
Not available   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   
Gondar   

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

Dialect 2
Ha   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Ethiopia   

How Many People Speak
990,000.00   
25
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Shubi   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Ethiopia   

How Many People Speak
153,000.00   
24
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million   
99+
18.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
8.80 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
íkiRǔndi   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
rundi   
amharique   

German Name
Kirundi   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   
Amharas   

History

Origin
1500   
13th century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Kirundi   
Amharic   

Language Position
86   
99+
55   
40

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
rn   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
run   
amh   

ISO 639 3
run   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
rund1242   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Kirundi and Amharic Speaking population

Kirundi and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Amharic on Kirundi vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kirundi and Amharic Language Codes

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

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