Countries
Burma
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
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.
  
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Persian-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
  
سلام
  
Thank You
Urakoze
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
Ndagusavye
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
Not available
  
متاسف
  
Bye
N’agasaga
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
Not available
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Ha
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
26
Native Speakers
8.80 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
17
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
rundi
  
persan
  
German Name
Kirundi
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Persian people
  
Origin
1500
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
Kirundi
  
Persian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
rn
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
run
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
run
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
run
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
rund1242
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Kirundi and Persian Speaking population
Kirundi and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Kirundi vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kirundi and Persian Language Codes
Kirundi and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kirundi and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.