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Kirundi and Konkani


Konkani and Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Govenment of Goa   

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language   
Marathi   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
16   
13

How Many Consonants
19   
9
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye   
Namaskar   

Thank You
Urakoze   
Dev Borem Korum   

How Are You?
Urakomeye?   
kaso assa?   

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza   
Rati Boren Zavonn   

Good Evening
Mwiriwe   
Sanj Borem Zavonn   

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Mwaramutse   
Dis Borem Zavonn   

Please
Ndagusavye   
Chike   

Sorry
Not available   
Maf kor   

Bye
N’agasaga   
Adeus   

I Love You
Not available   
hav tujo mog korta.   

Excuse Me
Not available   
upkar korxi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi   
Antruz   

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   
Goa   

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

Dialect 2
Ha   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
990,000.00   
25
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Shubi   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
153,000.00   
24
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million   
99+
7.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.80 million   
99+
7.40 million   
99+

Native Name
íkiRǔndi   
Kōṅkaṇī   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   

French Name
rundi   
konkani   

German Name
Kirundi   
Konkani   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
kõkɳi   

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   
Konkanis   

History

Origin
1500   
1209 A.D.   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kirundi   
Kokani   

Language Position
86   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
rn   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run   
kok   

ISO 639 2/B
run   
kok   

ISO 639 3
run   
kok   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
rund1242   
goan1235   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Kirundi and Konkani Speaking population

Kirundi and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. 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 Konkani on Kirundi vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kirundi and Konkani Language Codes

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

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