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Kazakh vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan  
Burundi, Gambia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
  • 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
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
19  
9

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  
Mwaramutse  

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
bye  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
31
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
28
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
25
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
18.00 million  
32
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
kazakh  
rundi  

German Name
Kasachisch  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Kazahks  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
17th Century  
1500  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
-  

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kazakh  
Kirundi  

Language Position
93  
99+
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
kk  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
kaz  
run  

ISO 639 3
kaz  
run  

ISO 639 6
kaz  
run  

Glottocode
kaza1248  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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Kazakh and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Kazakh vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Kazakh and Kirundi language. History of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Kazakh and Kirundi Language History.

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

Kazakh vs Kirundi Difficulty

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

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