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Khasi vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Khasi


Countries

Countries
Meghalaya  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Burundi, Gambia  

Second Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  
  • 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
Garo and Jaintia Languages  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
14  
4
19  
9

Scripts
Bengali, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Kumno  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
Khublei  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
Kumno phi long?  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
thia sukh  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
babha janmiet  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
khublei  
Mwaramutse  

Please
Sngewbha  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
Map  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
khublei  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
ieit ieit  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
map a nga  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bhoi  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
-  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Nonglung  
Ha  

Where They Speak
-  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Cherrapunji  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
-  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.84 million  
99+
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
Ka Ktien  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
khasi  
rundi  

German Name
Khasi-Sprache  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Khasi people  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
1200 AD  
1500  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Khasi  
Kirundi  

Language Position
40  
37
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kha  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
kha  
run  

ISO 639 3
kha  
run  

ISO 639 6
kha  
run  

Glottocode
khas1269  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Khasi and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Khasi vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Khasi and Kirundi language. History of Khasi language states that this language originated in 1200 AD 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 Khasi and Kirundi Language History.

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

Khasi vs Kirundi Difficulty

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

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