Countries
Burma
  
Assam, India
  
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
  
Assam, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not Available
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Bwakeye
  
Not Available
  
Thank You
Urakoze
  
Not Available
  
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
  
Nungni khabora ma?
  
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
  
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
  
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
  
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
  
Please
Ndagusavye
  
अननानै (Onnanwi)
  
Sorry
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Bye
N’agasaga
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Not available
  
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
  
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ha
  
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Assam, India, Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
0.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.80 million
  
99+
0.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
  
बड़ो (boṛo)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
  
French Name
rundi
  
Not Available
  
German Name
Kirundi
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[bɔɽo]
  
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
  
Origin
1500
  
1913
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Kirundi
  
Not Available
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
rn
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
run
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
run
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
run
  
brx
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
rund1242
  
bodo1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
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Kirundi and Bodo Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Kirundi and Bodo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kirundi and Bodo language. Kirundi word for "Hello" is Bwakeye or Bodo word for "Thank You" is Not Available. Find more of such common Kirundi Greetings and Bodo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kirundi vs Bodo Difficulty
The Kirundi vs Bodo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and Bodo Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Kirundi and Bodo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and Bodo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is Not Available while to learn Bodo time required is Not Available.