Kirundi and Cantonese
Countries
Burma
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hawaii
Regulated By
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Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
你好吗？
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
晚安
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
下午好
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
早上好
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
我爱你
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
outside mainland China
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Shubi
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Hong Kong
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
rundi
cantonais
German Name
Kirundi
Kantonesisch
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Han Chinese
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Signed Cantonese
ISO 639 1
rn
No data available
ISO 639 3
run
No data available
Glottocode
rund1242
cant1236
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Kirundi and Cantonese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Kirundi and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Kirundi and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kirundi are spoken in different Kirundi Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kirundi vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi, Ha. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kirundi and Cantonese Speaking population
Kirundi and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Kirundi and Cantonese on Kirundi vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kirundi and Cantonese Language Codes
Kirundi and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kirundi and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.