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Kirundi vs Mongolian


Mongolian vs Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
China, Mongolia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
China, Mongolia  

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
-  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  

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.
  
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Turkish Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
35  
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
13  
10

How Many Consonants
19  
9
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  

Thank You
Urakoze  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  

Please
Ndagusavye  
Хэрэв (Kherev)  

Sorry
Ndasubiza  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  

Bye
N’agasaga  
Баяртай (Bayartai)  

I Love You
Ndi waramutse  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  

Excuse Me
Ndasaba  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Khalkha Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
Mongolia  

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

Dialect 2
Ha  
Ordos Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
99+
123,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Khorchin Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
99+
5,700,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
5.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  

Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi  
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat  

French Name
rundi  
mongol  

German Name
Kirundi  
Mongolisch  

Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Mongols  

History

Origin
1500  
1224-1225  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Mongolic family  

Subgroup
-  
Mongolian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  

Language Position
86  
99+
26  
24

Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language  
Mongolian Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
mn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
mon  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
mon  

ISO 639 3
run  
mon  

ISO 639 6
run  
mon  

Glottocode
rund1242  
mong1331  

Linguasphere
No data available  
part of 44-BAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Kirundi and Mongolian Language History

Comparison of Kirundi vs Mongolian language history gives us differences between origin of Kirundi and Mongolian language. History of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500 whereas history of Mongolian language states that this language originated in 1224-1225. 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 Mongolian Language History.

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Kirundi and Mongolian 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 Mongolian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kirundi and Mongolian language. Kirundi word for "Hello" is Bwakeye or Mongolian word for "Thank You" is та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa). Find more of such common Kirundi Greetings and Mongolian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Kirundi vs Mongolian Difficulty

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

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