National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Mon
Regulated By
Not Available
Myanmar Language Commission
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.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Bwakeye
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Urakoze
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
Ndagusavye
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
Not available
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
N’agasaga
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Not available
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Not available
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Myanmar
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Burma
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
German Name
Kirundi
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Bamar people
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Burmese sign language
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
rund1242
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
All Kirundi and Burmese 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 Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Kirundi and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kirundi are spoken in different Kirundi Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kirundi vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi, Ha. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kirundi and Burmese Speaking population
Kirundi and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. 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 Burmese on Kirundi vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kirundi and Burmese Language Codes
Kirundi and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kirundi and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
