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Kirundi vs Urdu


Urdu vs Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Regulated By
-  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  

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.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Arabic and Hindi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Ghaznavid Persian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
19  
9
40  
29

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye  
خوش آمديد  

Thank You
Urakoze  
آپ کا شکریہ  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
گڈ نائٹ  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
سلام علیکم  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
گڈ آفٹر نون  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
گڈ مارننگ  

Please
Ndagusavye  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
Ndasubiza  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
N’agasaga  
الوداع  

I Love You
Ndi waramutse  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
Ndasaba  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Dakhini  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
India  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Ha  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
India  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
99+
69,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
South Asia  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
99+
69,000,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million  
99+
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
43.00 million  
20

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
اُردُو  

Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi  
Bihari  

French Name
rundi  
ourdou  

German Name
Kirundi  
Urdu  

Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]  
[ˈʊrd̪u]  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Urdu-speaking people  

History

Origin
1500  
12th Century CE  

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  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
86  
99+
20  
18

Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language  
Signed Urdu  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
urd  

ISO 639 3
run  
urd  

ISO 639 6
run  
urd  

Glottocode
rund1242  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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Kirundi and Urdu Language History

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

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

Kirundi vs Urdu Difficulty

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

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