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Kirundi and Russian


Russian and Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
Russia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
-  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

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.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
19  
9
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

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  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Urakoze  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
Ndagusavye  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
Ndasubiza  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
N’agasaga  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
Ndi waramutse  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Ndasaba  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ha  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Olonets  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
99+
154,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Novgorod  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
99+
154,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million  
99+
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi  
Russki  

French Name
rundi  
russe  

German Name
Kirundi  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Russians  

History

Origin
1500  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
86  
99+
7  
7

Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language  
Signed Russian  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
rus  

ISO 639 3
run  
rus  

ISO 639 6
run  
rus  

Glottocode
rund1242  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-ea  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Kirundi and Russian Speaking population

Kirundi and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Kirundi vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kirundi and Russian Language Codes

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

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