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Kirundi vs Croatian


Croatian vs Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
9  
7

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
Austria  

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  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  

Regulated By
-  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  

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 croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Serbain and Bosnian  

Derived From
-  
Church Slavonic  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye  
bok  

Thank You
Urakoze  
hvala  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
kako si  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
laku noć  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
dobra večer  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
dobar dan  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
dobro jutro  

Please
Ndagusavye  
molim  

Sorry
Ndasubiza  
Oprostite  

Bye
N’agasaga  
Doviđenja  

I Love You
Ndi waramutse  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Ndasaba  
Ispričavam se  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ha  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million  
99+
89.00 million  
18

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
89.00 %  
1

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
5.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
1.25 million  
99+

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
hrvatski  

Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi  
Hrvatski  

French Name
rundi  
croate  

German Name
Kirundi  
Kroatisch  

Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Croats  

History

Origin
1500  
9th century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  

Language Position
86  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
hr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
hrv  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
hrv  

ISO 639 3
run  
hrv  

ISO 639 6
run  
hrv  

Glottocode
rund1242  
croa1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Kirundi and Croatian Language History

Comparison of Kirundi vs Croatian language history gives us differences between origin of Kirundi and Croatian language. History of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500 whereas history of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century. 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 Croatian Language History.

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Kirundi and Croatian 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 Croatian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kirundi and Croatian language. Kirundi word for "Hello" is Bwakeye or Croatian word for "Thank You" is hvala. Find more of such common Kirundi Greetings and Croatian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Kirundi vs Croatian Difficulty

The Kirundi vs Croatian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and Croatian 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 Croatian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and Croatian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is 36 weeks while to learn Croatian time required is 44 weeks.

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