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Latvian vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Latvia  
Burundi, Gambia  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Asia  

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

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
  • The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
Paldies  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
Mwaramutse  

Please
lūdzu  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

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

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Tanzania  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
letton  
rundi  

German Name
Lettisch  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
1530  
1500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Kirundi  

Language Position
9  
9
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
run  

ISO 639 3
lav  
run  

ISO 639 6
lav  
run  

Glottocode
latv1249  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Latvian and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Kirundi language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 whereas history of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500. 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 Latvian and Kirundi Language History.

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

Latvian vs Kirundi Difficulty

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

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