Kirundi and Chinese
Countries
Burma
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
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Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Japanese and Korean Languages
Alphabets in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Bwakeye
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
Urakoze
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
Ndagusavye
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
Ndasubiza
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
N’agasaga
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Where They Speak
Tanzania
China, United States of America
Where They Speak
Tanzania
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Zhongwen, Hanyu
French Name
rundi
chinois
German Name
Kirundi
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Han
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Glottocode
rund1242
sini1245
Linguasphere
No data available
79-AAA
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
All Kirundi and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Kirundi and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kirundi are spoken in different Kirundi Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kirundi vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi, Ha. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kirundi and Chinese Speaking population
Kirundi and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese on Kirundi vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kirundi and Chinese Language Codes
Kirundi and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kirundi and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.