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Kirundi vs Hindi


Hindi vs Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
Fiji, India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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, Oceania  

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

Regulated By
-  
Central Hindi Directorate  

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 Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Urdu  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
11  
8

How Many Consonants
19  
9
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye  
नमस्ते (Namastē)  

Thank You
Urakoze  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  

Please
Ndagusavye  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
Ndasubiza  
खेद (Khēda)  

Bye
N’agasaga  
अलविदा (Alavidā)  

I Love You
Ndi waramutse  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  

Excuse Me
Ndasaba  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Khariboli  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
240,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Ha  
Marwari  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Bundeli  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Bundelkhand  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million  
99+
380.00 million  
5

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
4.70 %  
5

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
260.00 million  
4

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
120.00 million  
6

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
हिन्दी  

Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  

French Name
rundi  
hindi  

German Name
Kirundi  
Hindi  

Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Hindustani people  

History

Origin
1500  
7th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Standard Hindi  

Language Position
86  
99+
5  
5

Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
hi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
hin  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
hin  

ISO 639 3
run  
hin  

ISO 639 6
run  
hins  

Glottocode
rund1242  
hind1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-qf  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Kirundi and Hindi Language History

Comparison of Kirundi vs Hindi language history gives us differences between origin of Kirundi and Hindi language. History of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500 whereas history of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Hindi Language History.

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

Kirundi vs Hindi Difficulty

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

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