Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Burma
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
- 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
French and Portuguese Languages
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
How Are You?
Come stai?
Urakomeye?
Good Night
buonanotte
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
buonasera
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
buongiorno
Mwaramutse
Please
Per Favore
Ndagusavye
Sorry
scusate
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Bye
arrivederci
N’agasaga
I Love You
Ti amo
Not available
Excuse Me
Scusami
Not available
Dialect 1
Romanesco
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Lazio
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Dialect 2
Central Italian
Ha
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Tanzania
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Italiano
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Italiano
Not Available
French Name
italien
rundi
German Name
Italienisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Italians
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Romance
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Italian
Kirundi
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
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Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 6
itas
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Glottocode
ital1282
rund1242
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
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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Italian 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 Italian and Kirundi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Kirundi language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Kirundi word for "Thank You" is Urakoze. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Kirundi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Italian vs Kirundi Difficulty
The Italian vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is Not Available.