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Kirundi and Georgian


Georgian and Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
Georgia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Cabinet of Georgia  

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.
  
  • Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
  • Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages  

Derived From
-  
Anatolian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Georgian script  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye  
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)  

Thank You
Urakoze  
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  

Please
Ndagusavye  
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)  

Sorry
Ndasubiza  
ბოდიში (bodishi)  

Bye
N’agasaga  
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)  

I Love You
Ndi waramutse  
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)  

Excuse Me
Ndasaba  
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Judaeo-Georgian  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ha  
Kartlian  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Kartli  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
99+
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Pshavian  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Pshavi  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
99+
4,000,000.00  
40

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
20  
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.64 %  
26

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
4.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
ქართული ენა  

Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi  
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli  

French Name
rundi  
géorgien  

German Name
Kirundi  
Georgisch  

Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]  
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Georgians  

History

Origin
1500  
5th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Kartvelian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Southern  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Modern Georgian  

Language Position
86  
99+
120  
99+

Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language  
Georgian Sign Language  

Scope
-  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
ka  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
kat  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
geo  

ISO 639 3
run  
kat  

ISO 639 6
run  
kat  

Glottocode
rund1242  
nucl1302  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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All Kirundi and Georgian 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 Georgian dialects. Various dialects of Kirundi and Georgian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kirundi are spoken in different Kirundi Speaking Countries whereas Georgian Dialects are spoken in different Georgian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kirundi vs Georgian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi, Ha. Georgian dialects include: Judaeo-Georgian , Kartlian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Kirundi and Georgian Speaking population

Kirundi and Georgian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Georgian languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Georgian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Georgian language is 0.64 %. 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 Georgian on Kirundi vs Georgian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kirundi and Georgian Language Codes

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