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Kirundi vs Danish


Danish vs Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  

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.
  
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
-  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
20  
17

How Many Consonants
19  
9
20  
10

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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye  
Hallo  

Thank You
Urakoze  
Mange tak  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
Hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
God nat  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
God morgen  

Please
Ndagusavye  
Please  

Sorry
Ndasubiza  
Undskyld!  

Bye
N’agasaga  
Farvel  

I Love You
Ndi waramutse  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
Ndasaba  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Scanian  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
Sweden  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ha  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Denmark  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Island of Bornholm  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million  
99+
5.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
5.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
dansk  

Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi  
Dansk, Rigsdansk  

French Name
rundi  
danois  

German Name
Kirundi  
Dänisch  

Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
1500  
c. 1100 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Rigsdansk  

Language Position
86  
99+
18  
16

Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language  
Signed Danish  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
dan  

ISO 639 3
run  
dan  

ISO 639 6
run  
dan  

Glottocode
rund1242  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
No data available  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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Kirundi and Danish Language History

Comparison of Kirundi vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Kirundi and Danish language. History of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500 whereas history of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 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 Danish Language History.

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

Kirundi vs Danish Difficulty

The Kirundi vs Danish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and Danish 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 Danish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and Danish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is 36 weeks while to learn Danish time required is 24 weeks.

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