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Kirundi vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Middle East  

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.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
19  
9
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye  
Silaw  

Thank You
Urakoze  
Sipas  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
Bayanit bash  

Please
Ndagusavye  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
Ndasubiza  
Bibûre  

Bye
N’agasaga  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
Ndi waramutse  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
Ndasaba  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

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

Dialect 2
Ha  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
rundi  
kurde  

German Name
Kirundi  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Kurds  

History

Origin
1500  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Kurdish  

Language Position
86  
99+
14  
13

Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
kur  

ISO 639 3
run  
kur  

ISO 639 6
run  
kur  

Glottocode
rund1242  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Kirundi and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Kirundi vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Kirundi and Kurdish language. History of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500 whereas history of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE. 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 Kurdish Language History.

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

Kirundi vs Kurdish Difficulty

The Kirundi vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and Kurdish 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 Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is 36 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.

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