Countries
Burma
  
India
  
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.
  
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Bwakeye
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
Urakoze
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
Ndagusavye
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Not available
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
N’agasaga
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
Not available
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ha
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
34
Native Speakers
8.80 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
28
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
rundi
  
oriya
  
German Name
Kirundi
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Odias
  
Origin
1500
  
3 BC
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kirundi
  
Standard Odia
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
rn
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
run
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
run
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
run
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
rund1242
  
macr1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Kirundi and Oriya 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 Oriya greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kirundi and Oriya language. Kirundi word for "Hello" is Bwakeye or Oriya word for "Thank You" is ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad). Find more of such common Kirundi Greetings and Oriya Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kirundi vs Oriya Difficulty
The Kirundi vs Oriya difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and Oriya 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 Oriya are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and Oriya, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is Not Available while to learn Oriya time required is 44 weeks.