Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Burma
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
- 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
Amharic and Hebrew
Kinyarwanda Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
Urakomeye?
Good Night
تصبح على خير
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
مساء الخير
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
صباح الخير
Mwaramutse
Please
من فضلك
Ndagusavye
I Love You
أحبك
Ndi waramutse
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Where They Speak
Sudan
Tanzania
Dialect 3
Levantine
Shubi
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Tanzania
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Rundi, Urundi
German Name
Arabisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Arabs
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Kirundi
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Kirundi Sign Language
Glottocode
arab1395
rund1242
Linguasphere
12-AAC
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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Arabic 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 Arabic and Kirundi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Kirundi language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Kirundi word for "Thank You" is Urakoze. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Kirundi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Kirundi Difficulty
The Arabic vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is 36 weeks.