Countries
Burma
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Malay language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Alphabets in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Bwakeye
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Urakoze
  
Terima kasih
  
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
  
Apa kabar?
  
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
  
Malam yang baik
  
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
  
Selamat Sore
  
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
  
Selamat Pagi
  
Please
Ndagusavye
  
mohon Untuk
  
Sorry
Not available
  
maaf
  
Bye
N’agasaga
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
Not available
  
Aku cinta kamu
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
Permisi
  
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Sundanese
  
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
38,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 2
Ha
  
Balinese
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00
  
17
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Minangkabau
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
7
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
8.80 million
  
99+
23.00 million
  
34
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
140.00 million
  
4
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
  
Bahasa Melayu
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
French Name
rundi
  
indonésien
  
German Name
Kirundi
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Indonesians
  
Origin
1500
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Malay
  
Standard Forms
Kirundi
  
Indonesian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
rn
  
id
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
run
  
ind
  
ISO 639 2/B
run
  
ind
  
ISO 639 3
run
  
ind
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
rund1242
  
indo1316
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Kirundi and Indonesian 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 Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kirundi and Indonesian language. Kirundi word for "Hello" is Bwakeye or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Kirundi Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kirundi vs Indonesian Difficulty
The Kirundi vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is Not Available while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.