Chinese and Kirundi
Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Burma
National Language
China, Taiwan
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- 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
Japanese and Korean Languages
Kinyarwanda Language
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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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Bwakeye
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Urakoze
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Urakomeye?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Mwaramutse
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Ndagusavye
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Ndasubiza
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
N’agasaga
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Tanzania
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Tanzania
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
chinois
rundi
German Name
Chinesisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Han
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Kirundi
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Kirundi Sign Language
Glottocode
sini1245
rund1242
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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All Chinese 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 Chinese and Kirundi dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Kirundi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Kirundi Dialects are spoken in different Kirundi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Kirundi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi , Ha. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chinese and Kirundi Speaking population
Chinese and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese and Kirundi on Chinese vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and Kirundi Language Codes
Chinese and Kirundi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Kirundi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.