Countries
Burma
  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
  
Malaysia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Thailand
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
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.
  
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Indonesian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Tamil Language
  
Alphabets in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malaysian-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
  
Hai
  
Thank You
Urakoze
  
terima kasih
  
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
  
Apa khabar?
  
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
  
Selamat Petang
  
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
  
Selamat tengah hari
  
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
  
Selamat pagi
  
Please
Ndagusavye
  
sila
  
Sorry
Not available
  
maaf
  
Bye
N’agasaga
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
Not available
  
Saya sayang kamu
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
Maafkan saya
  
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Bengkulu
  
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
1,600,000.00
  
25
Dialect 2
Ha
  
Pekal
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Indonesia
  
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Musi
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
175.00 million
  
10
Native Speakers
8.80 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
98.00 million
  
8
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
  
Bahasa melayu
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
French Name
rundi
  
malais
  
German Name
Kirundi
  
Malaiisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1500
  
c. 683 AD
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Standard Forms
Kirundi
  
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
rn
  
ms
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
run
  
msa
  
ISO 639 2/B
run
  
may
  
ISO 639 3
run
  
zsm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
rund1242
  
stan1306
  
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
  
Agglutinative
  
Kirundi and Malaysian 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 Malaysian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kirundi and Malaysian language. Kirundi word for "Hello" is Bwakeye or Malaysian word for "Thank You" is terima kasih. Find more of such common Kirundi Greetings and Malaysian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kirundi vs Malaysian Difficulty
The Kirundi vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is Not Available while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.