Countries
Burma
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
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.
  
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Bwakeye
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
Urakoze
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
Ndagusavye
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
Not available
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
N’agasaga
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Not available
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Ha
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
71.00 million
  
25
Native Speakers
8.80 million
  
99+
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
rundi
  
marathe
  
German Name
Kirundi
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
1500
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Kirundi
  
Marathi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
rn
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
run
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
run
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
run
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
rund1242
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Kirundi and Marathi Speaking population
Kirundi and Marathi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Marathi languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Marathi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 %. 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 Marathi on Kirundi vs Marathi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kirundi and Marathi Language Codes
Kirundi and Marathi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kirundi and Marathi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.