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Kirundi and Hindi


Hindi and Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma   
Fiji, India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Burundi, Gambia   
India   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Asia, Oceania   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Central Hindi Directorate   

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.
  
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language   
Urdu   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
11   
8

How Many Consonants
19   
9
33   
23

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye   
नमस्ते (Namastē)   

Thank You
Urakoze   
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   

How Are You?
Urakomeye?   
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)   

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza   
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)   

Good Evening
Mwiriwe   
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe   
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)   

Good Morning
Mwaramutse   
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)   

Please
Ndagusavye   
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   

Sorry
Not available   
खेद (Khēda)   

Bye
N’agasaga   
अलविदा (Alavidā)   

I Love You
Not available   
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)   

Excuse Me
Not available   
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi   
Khariboli   

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
240,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 2
Ha   
Marwari   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh   

How Many People Speak
990,000.00   
25
22,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 3
Shubi   
Bundeli   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Bundelkhand   

How Many People Speak
153,000.00   
24
20,000,000.00   
4

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million   
99+
380.00 million   
5

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
4.70 %   
5

Native Speakers
8.80 million   
99+
260.00 million   
4

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
120.00 million   
6

Native Name
íkiRǔndi   
हिन्दी   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli   

French Name
rundi   
hindi   

German Name
Kirundi   
Hindi   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]   

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   
Hindustani people   

History

Origin
1500   
7th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kirundi   
Standard Hindi   

Language Position
86   
99+
5   
5

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
rn   
hi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run   
hin   

ISO 639 2/B
run   
hin   

ISO 639 3
run   
hin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
hins   

Glottocode
rund1242   
hind1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-qf   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Kirundi and Hindi Speaking population

Kirundi and Hindi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Hindi languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Hindi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 %. 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 Hindi on Kirundi vs Hindi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kirundi and Hindi Language Codes

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

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