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Italian vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

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)  
-  

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
16  
6
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
ciao  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
grazie  
Urakoze  

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  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
arrivederci  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
Ti amo  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
23
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
Italiano  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Italiano  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
italien  
rundi  

German Name
Italienisch  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
960 BC  
1500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Kirundi  

Language Position
27  
25
86  
99+

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
run  

ISO 639 3
ita  
run  

ISO 639 6
itas  
run  

Glottocode
ital1282  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Italian and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Kirundi language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 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 Italian and Kirundi Language History.

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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 36 weeks.

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