Countries
Burma
  
India
  
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 in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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)
  
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
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
34
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.