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Kirundi and Kurdish


Kurdish and Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Middle East  

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

Regulated By
-  
-  

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.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
19  
9
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye  
Silaw  

Thank You
Urakoze  
Sipas  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
Bayanit bash  

Please
Ndagusavye  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
Ndasubiza  
Bibûre  

Bye
N’agasaga  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
Ndi waramutse  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
Ndasaba  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

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

Dialect 2
Ha  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
rundi  
kurde  

German Name
Kirundi  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Kurds  

History

Origin
1500  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Kurdish  

Language Position
86  
99+
14  
13

Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
kur  

ISO 639 3
run  
kur  

ISO 639 6
run  
kur  

Glottocode
rund1242  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Kirundi and Kurdish Speaking population

Kirundi and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. 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 Kurdish on Kirundi vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kirundi and Kurdish Language Codes

Kirundi and Kurdish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kirundi and Kurdish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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