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Kirundi vs Italian


Italian vs Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma   
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
7   
8

National Language
Burundi, Gambia   
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language   
French and Portuguese Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
19   
9
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye   
ciao   

Thank You
Urakoze   
grazie   

How Are You?
Urakomeye?   
Come stai?   

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza   
buonanotte   

Good Evening
Mwiriwe   
buonasera   

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe   
buon pomeriggio   

Good Morning
Mwaramutse   
buongiorno   

Please
Ndagusavye   
Per Favore   

Sorry
Not available   
scusate   

Bye
N’agasaga   
arrivederci   

I Love You
Not available   
Ti amo   

Excuse Me
Not available   
Scusami   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi   
Romanesco   

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   
Lazio   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
3,000,000.00   
21

Dialect 2
Ha   
Central Italian   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
990,000.00   
25
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Shubi   
Tuscan   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
153,000.00   
24
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million   
99+
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.90 %   
22

Native Speakers
8.80 million   
99+
64.00 million   
18

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
14.00 million   
20

Native Name
íkiRǔndi   
Italiano   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Italiano   

French Name
rundi   
italien   

German Name
Kirundi   
Italienisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[itaˈljaːno]   

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   
Italians   

History

Origin
1500   
960 BC   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kirundi   
Italian   

Language Position
86   
99+
27   
23

Signed Forms
Not Available   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
rn   
it   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run   
ita   

ISO 639 2/B
run   
ita   

ISO 639 3
run   
ita   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
itas   

Glottocode
rund1242   
ital1282   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Kirundi and Italian Language History

Comparison of Kirundi vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Kirundi and Italian language. History of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500 whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. 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 Italian Language History.

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

Kirundi vs Italian Difficulty

The Kirundi vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is Not Available while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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