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Kirundi vs Burmese


Burmese vs Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Burundi, Gambia   
Myanmar   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bangladesh, Burma   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Mon   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Myanmar Language Commission   

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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
19   
9
33   
23

Scripts
Latin   
Tangut   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye   
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   

Thank You
Urakoze   
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   

How Are You?
Urakomeye?   
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza   
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   

Good Evening
Mwiriwe   
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe   
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   

Good Morning
Mwaramutse   
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   

Please
Ndagusavye   
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   

Sorry
Not available   
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   

Bye
N’agasaga   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
Not available   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

Excuse Me
Not available   
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
2,000,000.00   
24

Dialect 2
Ha   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
990,000.00   
25
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Shubi   
Intha   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Burma   

How Many People Speak
153,000.00   
24
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million   
99+
43.00 million   
30

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
8.80 million   
99+
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
íkiRǔndi   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   

French Name
rundi   
birman   

German Name
Kirundi   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
1500   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   

Standard Forms
Kirundi   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
86   
99+
43   
32

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
rn   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
run   
bur   

ISO 639 3
run   
mya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
rund1242   
sout3159   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Kirundi and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Kirundi vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Kirundi and Burmese language. History of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500 whereas history of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Kirundi and Burmese Language History.

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Kirundi and Burmese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Kirundi and Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kirundi and Burmese language. Kirundi word for "Hello" is Bwakeye or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Kirundi Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Kirundi vs Burmese Difficulty

The Kirundi vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and Burmese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Kirundi and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is Not Available while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.

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