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Greek vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Burundi, Gambia  

Second Language
Roman Empire  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
19  
9

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
Mwaramutse  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Griko  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
99+
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
ελληνικά  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
rundi  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
1500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Kirundi  

Language Position
74  
99+
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
run  

ISO 639 3
ell  
run  

ISO 639 6
ells  
run  

Glottocode
gree1276  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Greek and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Kirundi language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC 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 Greek and Kirundi Language History.

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

Greek vs Kirundi Difficulty

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

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