Countries
Burma
  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
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
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
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.
  
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Bwakeye
  
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Thank You
Urakoze
  
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Please
Ndagusavye
  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Sorry
Not available
  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Bye
N’agasaga
  
വിട (viṭa)
  
I Love You
Not available
  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
Israel, kerala
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ha
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
France, kerala
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
33
Native Speakers
8.80 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
French Name
rundi
  
malayalam
  
German Name
Kirundi
  
Malayalam
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Malayali
  
Origin
1500
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early form
  
Standard Forms
Kirundi
  
Malayalam
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
rn
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
run
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
run
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
run
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
rund1242
  
mala1464
  
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
  
Synthetic
  
Kirundi and Malayalam Speaking population
Kirundi and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. 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 Malayalam on Kirundi vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kirundi and Malayalam Language Codes
Kirundi and Malayalam language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kirundi and Malayalam Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.