Countries
Madagascar
  
Burma
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Burundi, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
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
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
  
- 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
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Kinyarwanda Language
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
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Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Salama!
  
Bwakeye
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
Urakoze
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
Urakomeye?
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
Ijoro ryiza
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
Mwaramutse
  
Please
azafady
  
Ndagusavye
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
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Bye
Veloma!
  
N’agasaga
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
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Excuse Me
Azafady
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Ha
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Shubi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
8.80 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
8.80 million
  
99+
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
íkiRǔndi
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
French Name
malgache
  
rundi
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Kirundi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
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Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
1500
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Kirundi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
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Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
rn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
run
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
run
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
run
  
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
mala1537
  
rund1242
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
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Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
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Language Morphological Typology
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Malagasy and Kirundi 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 Malagasy and Kirundi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Kirundi language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Kirundi word for "Thank You" is Urakoze. Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Kirundi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Kirundi Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Kirundi 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 Malagasy and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Kirundi time required is Not Available.