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Kirundi vs Welsh


Welsh vs Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
Wales  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
Wales  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Argentina, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
-  
Welsh Language Commissioner  

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.
  
  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
English Language  

Derived From
-  
British Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
19  
9
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye  
Helô  

Thank You
Urakoze  
Diolch  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
Sut ydych chi?  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
Nos da  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
Noswaith dda  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
P'nawn da  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
Bore da  

Please
Ndagusavye  
os gwelwch yn dda  

Sorry
Ndasubiza  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  

Bye
N’agasaga  
Hwyl  

I Love You
Ndi waramutse  
Dw i'n dy garu di  

Excuse Me
Ndasaba  
Esgusodwch fi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Patagonian Welsh  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
Argentina  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
38,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ha  
Y Wyndodeg  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Gwynedd  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
99+
700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Y Bowyseg  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Powys  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  

Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi  
Cymraeg  

French Name
rundi  
gallois  

German Name
Kirundi  
Kymrisch  

Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Welsh people  

History

Origin
1500  
9th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Celtic  

Branch
-  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Welsh  

Language Position
86  
99+
31  
29

Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language  
Welsh Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
cy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
cym  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
wel  

ISO 639 3
run  
cym  

ISO 639 6
run  
cym  

Glottocode
rund1242  
wels1247  

Linguasphere
No data available  
50-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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Kirundi and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Kirundi vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Kirundi and Welsh language. History of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500 whereas history of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Welsh Language History.

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

Kirundi vs Welsh Difficulty

The Kirundi vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and Welsh 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 Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is 36 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.

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