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Hindi vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India  
Burundi, Gambia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • 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
Urdu  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
5  
2

How Many Consonants
33  
23
19  
9

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  
Mwaramutse  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00  
3
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Marwari  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Bundeli  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
260.00 million  
4
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million  
6
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
हिन्दी  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
hindi  
rundi  

German Name
Hindi  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Hindustani people  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
7th Century  
1500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi  
Kirundi  

Language Position
5  
5
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
hi  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
hin  
run  

ISO 639 3
hin  
run  

ISO 639 6
hins  
run  

Glottocode
hind1269  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Hindi and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and Kirundi language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Hindi and Kirundi Language History.

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

Hindi vs Kirundi Difficulty

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

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