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Kirundi and Tulu


Tulu 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.
  
  • Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
  • Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language   
Kannada Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
16   
13

How Many Consonants
19   
9
35   
25

Scripts
Latin   
Kannada Script   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye   
Namaskara   

Thank You
Urakoze   
Mast Upakara.   

How Are You?
Urakomeye?   
Yencha Ullar?   

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza   
yedde rathre   

Good Evening
Mwiriwe   
yedde baiyya   

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe   
yedde madhyana   

Good Morning
Mwaramutse   
yedde kaande   

Please
Ndagusavye   
Daya maltadu   

Sorry
Not available   
Yenna thapu aandu   

Bye
N’agasaga   
Barpe   

I Love You
Not available   
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye   

Excuse Me
Not available   
Kshamisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi   
Brahmin tulu   

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   
Tamil Nadu   

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

Dialect 2
Ha   
Jain   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
990,000.00   
25
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Shubi   
Girijan   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
153,000.00   
24
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million   
99+
1.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.80 million   
99+
1.70 million   
99+

Native Name
íkiRǔndi   
Tulu   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa   

French Name
rundi   
Not Available   

German Name
Kirundi   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   
Tuluva   

History

Origin
1500   
14   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kirundi   
Tulu   

Language Position
86   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
rn   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
run   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
run   
tcy   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
rund1242   
tulu1258   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Kirundi and Tulu Speaking population

Kirundi and Tulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Tulu languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Tulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tulu language is Not Available. 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 Tulu on Kirundi vs Tulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kirundi and Tulu Language Codes

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

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