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Kirundi vs Kashmiri


Kashmiri vs Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
India, Pakistan  

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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.
  
  • Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
  • Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Hindi and Urdu Languages  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
17  
14

How Many Consonants
19  
9
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye  
Assalām ‘alaikum  

Thank You
Urakoze  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
سہا مسا  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
Hach t'ochoktiya  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
Hach ch'i  

Please
Ndagusavye  
مهربانی کر  

Sorry
Ndasubiza  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  

Bye
N’agasaga  
Khuda hāfiz  

I Love You
Ndi waramutse  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  

Excuse Me
Ndasaba  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Kashtawari  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ha  
Poguli  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Pogul and Paristan valleys  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
99+
6,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Rambani  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
India  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
99+
5,600,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
5.42 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  

Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  

French Name
rundi  
kashmiri  

German Name
Kirundi  
Kaschmiri  

Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]  
[kəːʃur]  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Kashmiris or koshur  

History

Origin
1500  
12th 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  
Kashmiri  

Language Position
86  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
ks  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
kas  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
kas  

ISO 639 3
run  
kas  

ISO 639 6
run  
kas  

Glottocode
rund1242  
kash1277  

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 Kashmiri Language History

Comparison of Kirundi vs Kashmiri language history gives us differences between origin of Kirundi and Kashmiri language. History of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500 whereas history of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th 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 Kashmiri Language History.

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

Kirundi vs Kashmiri Difficulty

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

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