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Kirundi and Oriya


Oriya and Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Burundi, Gambia   
India   

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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language   
Bengali and Assamese   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
11   
8

How Many Consonants
19   
9
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye   
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)   

Thank You
Urakoze   
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)   

How Are You?
Urakomeye?   
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)   

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza   
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)   

Good Evening
Mwiriwe   
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe   
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)   

Good Morning
Mwaramutse   
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)   

Please
Ndagusavye   
Not Available   

Sorry
Not available   
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)   

Bye
N’agasaga   
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)   

I Love You
Not available   
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)   

Excuse Me
Not available   
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi   
Baleswari   

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   
India   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Ha   
Ganjami   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
India   

How Many People Speak
990,000.00   
25
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Shubi   
Kosli   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
India   

How Many People Speak
153,000.00   
24
520,000.00   
21

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million   
99+
33.00 million   
34

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
8.80 million   
99+
33.00 million   
28

Native Name
íkiRǔndi   
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia   

French Name
rundi   
oriya   

German Name
Kirundi   
Oriya-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈoɽia]   

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   
Odias   

History

Origin
1500   
3 BC   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kirundi   
Standard Odia   

Language Position
86   
99+
32   
26

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
rn   
or   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run   
ori   

ISO 639 2/B
run   
ori   

ISO 639 3
run   
ori   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
rund1242   
macr1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Kirundi and Oriya Speaking population

Kirundi and Oriya speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Oriya languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Oriya Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 %. 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 Oriya on Kirundi vs Oriya where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kirundi and Oriya Language Codes

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

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