Countries
Burma
  
India
  
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Asam Sahitya Sabha
  
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.
  
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Bengali and Oriya
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Bwakeye
  
nomoskaar
  
Thank You
Urakoze
  
ḍhonyobaaḍ
  
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
  
aapuni kene aase?
  
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
  
subhoraattri
  
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
  
subha gadhuli
  
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
  
subha abeli
  
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
  
suprobhaat
  
Please
Ndagusavye
  
anugroha kori
  
Sorry
Not available
  
moi ḍukkhita
  
Bye
N’agasaga
  
biḍai
  
I Love You
Not available
  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
kyoma koribo
  
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Kamrupi
  
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
6,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 2
Ha
  
Goalpariya
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Bhakatiya
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Assam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
15.30 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
8.80 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
  
French Name
rundi
  
assamais
  
German Name
Kirundi
  
Assamesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Assamese people
  
Origin
1500
  
7th century A.D
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Kamarupa
  
Standard Forms
Kirundi
  
Assamese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
rn
  
as
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
run
  
asm
  
ISO 639 2/B
run
  
asm
  
ISO 639 3
run
  
asm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
rund1242
  
assa1263
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-w
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
All Kirundi and Assamese 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 Assamese dialects. Various dialects of Kirundi and Assamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kirundi are spoken in different Kirundi Speaking Countries whereas Assamese Dialects are spoken in different Assamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kirundi vs Assamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi, Ha. Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi , Goalpariya. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kirundi and Assamese Speaking population
Kirundi and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. 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 Assamese on Kirundi vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kirundi and Assamese Language Codes
Kirundi and Assamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kirundi and Assamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.