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Bosnian vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
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
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian 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
Serbian and Croatian  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
19  
9

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
Hvala  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
Laku noc  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
Mwaramutse  

Please
molim vas  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
Zbogom  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
Volim te  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
bosniaque  
rundi  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
19th Century  
1500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Kirundi  

Language Position
24  
22
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
run  

ISO 639 3
bos  
run  

ISO 639 6
boss  
run  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Bosnian and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Kirundi language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th 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 Bosnian and Kirundi Language History.

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

Bosnian vs Kirundi Difficulty

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

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