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Kirundi vs Gujarati


Gujarati vs Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  

Regulated By
-  
-  

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.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Bengali Language  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
19  
9
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
18 weeks  
4

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye  
નમસ્તે (namaste)  

Thank You
Urakoze  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  

Please
Ndagusavye  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  

Sorry
Ndasubiza  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  

Bye
N’agasaga  
બાય (Bāya)  

I Love You
Ndi waramutse  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  

Excuse Me
Ndasaba  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Kathiyawadi  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
46,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 2
Ha  
Kharwa  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
99+
56,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Surati  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
-  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
99+
56,000,000.00  
13

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.74 %  
25

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
50.00 million  
22

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
55.00 million  
16

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  

Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  

French Name
rundi  
goudjrati  

German Name
Kirundi  
Gujarati-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Gujaratis  

History

Origin
1500  
15  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Gujarati  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Modern Gujarati  

Language Position
86  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language  
Signed Gujarati  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
gu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
guj  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
guj  

ISO 639 3
run  
guj  

ISO 639 6
run  
guj  

Glottocode
rund1242  
guja1252  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Kirundi and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of Kirundi vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of Kirundi and Gujarati language. History of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500 whereas history of Gujarati language states that this language originated in 15. 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 Gujarati Language History.

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

Kirundi vs Gujarati Difficulty

The Kirundi vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is 36 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.

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