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Belarusian vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Belarus, Gambia  
Burundi, Gambia  

Second Language
Poland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish 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
Russian and Ukrainian  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
39  
28
19  
9

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
dobry dzień  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
Dziakuj  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
Jak vy ?  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
Dabranač  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
Dobry viečar  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
dobry dzień  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy  
Mwaramutse  

Please
Kali laska  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
Vybačajcie  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
da pabačennia  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
Vybačajcie  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian  
Ha  

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
33
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
biélorusse  
rundi  

German Name
Weißrussisch  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Belarusians  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
18th century  
1500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Belarusian  
Kirundi  

Language Position
79  
99+
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
be  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bel  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
bel  
run  

ISO 639 3
bel  
run  

ISO 639 6
bel  
run  

Glottocode
bela1254  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Belarusian and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Belarusian vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Belarusian and Kirundi language. History of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th century whereas history of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Belarusian and Kirundi Language History.

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Belarusian 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 Belarusian and Kirundi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Belarusian and Kirundi language. Belarusian word for "Hello" is dobry dzień or Kirundi word for "Thank You" is Urakoze. Find more of such common Belarusian Greetings and Kirundi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Belarusian vs Kirundi Difficulty

The Belarusian vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Belarusian 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 Belarusian and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Belarusian and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Belarusian is 44 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is 36 weeks.

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