Countries
Burma
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
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
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
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.
  
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
  
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Bwakeye
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
Urakoze
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
Ndagusavye
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
Not available
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
N’agasaga
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
Not available
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Ha
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
8.80 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
20
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
rundi
  
pachto
  
German Name
Kirundi
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
1500
  
1651
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kirundi
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
rn
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
run
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
run
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
run
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
rund1242
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Kirundi and Pashto Speaking population
Kirundi and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 %. 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 Pashto on Kirundi vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kirundi and Pashto Language Codes
Kirundi and Pashto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kirundi and Pashto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.