Kirundi and Nepali
Countries
Burma
India, Nepal
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Not Available
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Hindi
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
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Hello
Bwakeye
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
Urakoze
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
Good afternoon
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Sorry
Not available
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
N’agasaga
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
Not available
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
Not available
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Doteli
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Nepal
Where They Speak
Tanzania
India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Shubi
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
rundi
népalais
German Name
Kirundi
Nepali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Nepali
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Nepali
Scope
Not Available
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
rund1242
nepa1254
Linguasphere
No data available
12
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
All Kirundi and Nepali 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 Nepali dialects. Various dialects of Kirundi and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kirundi are spoken in different Kirundi Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kirundi vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi, Ha. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kirundi and Nepali Speaking population
Kirundi and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Kirundi vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kirundi and Nepali Language Codes
Kirundi and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kirundi and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.