Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Burma
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)
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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
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
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)
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Bye
αντίο (antío)
N’agasaga
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Not available
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
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Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Greece
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Where They Speak
Italy
Tanzania
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
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French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
rundi
German Name
Neugriechisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
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Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Kirundi
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
rund1242
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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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 Not Available.