Cantonese and Kirundi
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Burma
National Language
China, Guangdong
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
Hawaii
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- 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
Chinese Language
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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How Are You?
你好吗？
Urakomeye?
Good Night
晚安
Ijoro ryiza
Good Afternoon
下午好
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
早上好
Mwaramutse
I Love You
我爱你
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Excuse Me
原谅我
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Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
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Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Shubi
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
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Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
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French Name
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rundi
German Name
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Kirundi
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
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Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Kirundi
Language Position
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Signed Forms
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Scope
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ISO 639 1
No data available
rn
ISO 639 2/T
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run
ISO 639 2/B
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run
ISO 639 3
No data available
run
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
cant1236
rund1242
Linguasphere
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Language Type
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Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Kirundi dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Kirundi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Kirundi Dialects are spoken in different Kirundi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Kirundi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi , Ha. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Kirundi Speaking population
Cantonese and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Kirundi on Cantonese vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Kirundi Language Codes
Cantonese and Kirundi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Kirundi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.