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Kirundi vs Khasi


Khasi vs Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
Meghalaya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
-  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
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.
  
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Garo and Jaintia Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
19  
9
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye  
Kumno  

Thank You
Urakoze  
Khublei  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
Kumno phi long?  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
thia sukh  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
babha janmiet  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
babha noph-phai-sngi  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
khublei  

Please
Ndagusavye  
Sngewbha  

Sorry
Ndasubiza  
Map  

Bye
N’agasaga  
khublei  

I Love You
Ndi waramutse  
ieit ieit  

Excuse Me
Ndasaba  
map a nga  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Bhoi  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
-  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ha  
Nonglung  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
-  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Cherrapunji  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
-  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
0.84 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
Ka Ktien  

Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi  
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  

French Name
rundi  
khasi  

German Name
Kirundi  
Khasi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]  
[ˈkʰɑsi]  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Khasi people  

History

Origin
1500  
1200 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Khasi  

Language Position
86  
99+
40  
37

Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language  
Khasi Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
kha  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
kha  

ISO 639 3
run  
kha  

ISO 639 6
run  
kha  

Glottocode
rund1242  
khas1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Kirundi and Khasi Language History

Comparison of Kirundi vs Khasi language history gives us differences between origin of Kirundi and Khasi language. History of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500 whereas history of Khasi language states that this language originated in 1200 AD. 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 Khasi Language History.

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

Kirundi vs Khasi Difficulty

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

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