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Maltese and Kirundi


Kirundi and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Burma   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Malta   
Burundi, Gambia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
  • 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
Western Arabic Dialects   
Kinyarwanda Language   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
Bwakeye   

Thank You
Grazzi   
Urakoze   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
Urakomeye?   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Ijoro ryiza   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Mwiriwe   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
Mwiriwe   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
Mwaramutse   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
Ndagusavye   

Sorry
Skużani!   
Not available   

Bye
Ċaw   
N’agasaga   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
Not available   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Rwanda-Rundi   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   

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

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Ha   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
990,000.00   
25

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Shubi   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
153,000.00   
24

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
8.80 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
8.80 million   
99+

Native Name
Malti   
íkiRǔndi   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Not Available   

French Name
maltais   
rundi   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Kirundi   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
1500   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
North Abric   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Kirundi   

Language Position
Not Available   
86   
99+

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
rn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
run   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
run   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
run   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
rund1242   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Maltese and Kirundi Speaking population

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Maltese and Kirundi Language Codes

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

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