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Kirundi and Ukrainian


Ukrainian and Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
Ukraine  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  

Regulated By
-  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
19  
9
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

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  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
Ndagusavye  
будь ласк  

Sorry
Ndasubiza  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
N’agasaga  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
Ndi waramutse  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Ndasaba  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
42,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Ha  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Rivne, Volyn  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
99+
44,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
99+
42,000,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million  
99+
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.46 %  
32

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi  
Ukrayins'ka Mova  

French Name
rundi  
ukrainien  

German Name
Kirundi  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
1500  
1561  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
86  
99+
26  
24

Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
run  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
run  
ukr  

Glottocode
rund1242  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Kirundi and Ukrainian Speaking population

Kirundi and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 %. 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 Ukrainian on Kirundi vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kirundi and Ukrainian Language Codes

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

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