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Kirundi and Khasi


Khasi and Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma   
Meghalaya   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Burundi, Gambia   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not Available   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
19   
9
14   
4

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye   
Kumno   

Thank You
Urakoze   
Khublei   

How Are You?
Urakomeye?   
Kumno phi long?   

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza   
thia sukh   

Good Evening
Mwiriwe   
babha janmiet   

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe   
babha noph-phai-sngi   

Good Morning
Mwaramutse   
khublei   

Please
Ndagusavye   
Sngewbha   

Sorry
Not available   
Map   

Bye
N’agasaga   
khublei   

I Love You
Not available   
ieit ieit   

Excuse Me
Not available   
map a nga   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi   
Bhoi   

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   
Not Available   

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

Dialect 2
Ha   
Nonglung   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
990,000.00   
25
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Shubi   
Cherrapunji   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Not Available   

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+
0.84 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.80 million   
99+
0.84 million   
99+

Native Name
íkiRǔndi   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia   

French Name
rundi   
khasi   

German Name
Kirundi   
Khasi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   
Khasi people   

History

Origin
1500   
Not Available   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No Early Forms   

Standard Forms
Kirundi   
Khasi   

Language Position
86   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
rn   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run   
kha   

ISO 639 2/B
run   
kha   

ISO 639 3
run   
kha   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
rund1242   
khas1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Kirundi and Khasi Speaking population

Kirundi and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khasi language is Not Available. 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 Khasi on Kirundi vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kirundi and Khasi Language Codes

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

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