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Kirundi and Malaysian


Malaysian and Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Burundi, Gambia   
Malaysia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Thailand   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

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.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
19   
9
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye   
Hai   

Thank You
Urakoze   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
Urakomeye?   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Mwiriwe   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
Mwaramutse   
Selamat pagi   

Please
Ndagusavye   
sila   

Sorry
Not available   
maaf   

Bye
N’agasaga   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Not available   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
Not available   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Ha   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
990,000.00   
25
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Shubi   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
153,000.00   
24
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million   
99+
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
8.80 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
íkiRǔndi   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
rundi   
malais   

German Name
Kirundi   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1500   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   

Standard Forms
Kirundi   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
86   
99+
54   
39

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
rn   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
run   
may   

ISO 639 3
run   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
rund1242   
stan1306   

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   
Agglutinative   

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

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Kirundi and Malaysian Speaking population

Kirundi and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Kirundi vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kirundi and Malaysian Language Codes

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

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