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Kirundi and Arabic


Arabic and Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma   
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
23   
4

National Language
Burundi, Gambia   
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Africa, Asia   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   

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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
19   
9
28   
18

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye   
مرحبا   

Thank You
Urakoze   
شكرا   

How Are You?
Urakomeye?   
كيف حالك؟   

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
Mwiriwe   
مساء الخير   

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe   
مساء الخير   

Good Morning
Mwaramutse   
صباح الخير   

Please
Ndagusavye   
من فضلك   

Sorry
Not available   
آسف   

Bye
N’agasaga   
وداعا   

I Love You
Not available   
أحبك   

Excuse Me
Not available   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi   
Maghrebi   

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   

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

Dialect 2
Ha   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Sudan   

How Many People Speak
990,000.00   
25
17,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 3
Shubi   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Cyprus, Levant   

How Many People Speak
153,000.00   
24
21,000,000.00   
3

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million   
99+
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
8.80 million   
99+
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
246.00 million   
2

Native Name
íkiRǔndi   
(al arabiya) العربية   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   

French Name
rundi   
arabe   

German Name
Kirundi   
Arabisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   
Arabs   

History

Origin
1500   
512 CE   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kirundi   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
86   
99+
25   
21

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Not Available   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
rn   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
run   
ara   

ISO 639 3
run   
ara   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
rund1242   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12-AAC   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Kirundi and Arabic Speaking population

Kirundi and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Kirundi vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kirundi and Arabic Language Codes

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

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