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Maithili and Kirundi


Kirundi and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Burma   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
India, Nepal   
Burundi, Gambia   

Second Language
Nepal   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, 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
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language   
Kinyarwanda Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
Not Available   
19   
9

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Greetings

Hello
pranam   
Bwakeye   

Thank You
dhanyabad   
Urakoze   

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?   
Urakomeye?   

Good Night
Śubharātri   
Ijoro ryiza   

Good Evening
shubh sandhya   
Mwiriwe   

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar   
Mwiriwe   

Good Morning
Suprabhaat   
Mwaramutse   

Please
kripaya   
Ndagusavye   

Sorry
maf karai   
Not available   

Bye
Alavidā   
N’agasaga   

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   
Not available   

Excuse Me
kripaya   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat   
Rwanda-Rundi   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   

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

Dialect 2
Madhubani   
Ha   

Where They Speak
North India   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
990,000.00   
25

Dialect 3
Khortha   
Shubi   

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
153,000.00   
24

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million   
35
8.80 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.41 %   
33
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
27.00 million   
30
8.80 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million   
33
Not Available   

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   
íkiRǔndi   

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   
Not Available   

French Name
maithili   
rundi   

German Name
Maithili   
Kirundi   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Maithil   
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   

History

Origin
14th century   
1500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili   
Kirundi   

Language Position
40   
31
86   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
rn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai   
run   

ISO 639 2/B
mai   
run   

ISO 639 3
mai   
run   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mait1250   
rund1242   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Maithili and Kirundi Speaking population

Maithili and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 %. 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 Maithili and Kirundi on Maithili vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Kirundi Language Codes

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

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