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Oriya and Kirundi


Kirundi and Oriya


Countries

Countries
India   
Burma   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
India   
Burundi, Gambia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
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
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Bengali and Assamese   
Kinyarwanda Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42   
22
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
5   
2

How Many Consonants
31   
21
19   
9

Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)   
Bwakeye   

Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)   
Urakoze   

How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)   
Urakomeye?   

Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)   
Ijoro ryiza   

Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)   
Mwiriwe   

Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)   
Mwiriwe   

Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)   
Mwaramutse   

Please
Not Available   
Ndagusavye   

Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)   
Not available   

Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)   
N’agasaga   

I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)   
Not available   

Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Baleswari   
Rwanda-Rundi   

Where They Speak
India   
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   

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

Dialect 2
Ganjami   
Ha   

Where They Speak
India   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
990,000.00   
25

Dialect 3
Kosli   
Shubi   

Where They Speak
India   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
520,000.00   
21
153,000.00   
24

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
33.00 million   
34
8.80 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
8.80 million   
99+

Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)   
íkiRǔndi   

Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia   
Not Available   

French Name
oriya   
rundi   

German Name
Oriya-Sprache   
Kirundi   

Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Odias   
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   

History

Origin
3 BC   
1500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Odia   
Kirundi   

Language Position
32   
26
86   
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
or   
rn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ori   
run   

ISO 639 2/B
ori   
run   

ISO 639 3
ori   
run   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
macr1269   
rund1242   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Oriya and Kirundi Speaking population

Oriya and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oriya and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Oriya and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 % 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 Oriya and Kirundi on Oriya vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oriya and Kirundi Language Codes

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

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