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Kirundi vs Esperanto


Esperanto vs Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
East Asia, European Union, South America  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
East Asia, European Union  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia, Europe, South America  

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

Regulated By
-  
Akademio de Esperanto  

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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Latin and Italian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye  
Halo  

Thank You
Urakoze  
Dankon  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
Kiel vi sanas?  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
Bonan nokton  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
Bonan vesperon  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
Bonan posttagmezon  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
Bonan matenon  

Please
Ndagusavye  
Mi petas  

Sorry
Ndasubiza  
Mi bedaŭras!  

Bye
N’agasaga  
Ĝis poste  

I Love You
Ndi waramutse  
Mi amas vin  

Excuse Me
Ndasaba  
Pardonu!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ha  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
99+
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Not present  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
0  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
0.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
Esperanto  

Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  

French Name
rundi  
espéranto  

German Name
Kirundi  
Esperanto  

Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]  
[espeˈranto]  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Esperanto speakers  

History

Origin
1500  
1887  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Esperanto  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Esperanto  

Language Position
86  
99+
33  
31

Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language  
Signuno  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
eo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
epo  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
epo  

ISO 639 3
run  
epo  

ISO 639 6
run  
epo  

Glottocode
rund1242  
espe1235  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAB-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Constructed  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Kirundi and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of Kirundi vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of Kirundi and Esperanto language. History of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500 whereas history of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887. 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 Esperanto Language History.

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

Kirundi vs Esperanto Difficulty

The Kirundi vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is 36 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.

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