Countries
Burma
  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
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 in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Musi
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
175.00 million
  
10
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.
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.