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Lithuanian vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Lithuania  
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
Poland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  
  • 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
Latvian  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200  
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
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
Ačiū  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
Labanakt  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
Labas vakaras  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
Laba diena  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
Labas rytas  
Mwaramutse  

Please
Prašom  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
atsiprašau  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
Ate  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
Aš myliu tave  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

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

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Curonian  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Tanzania  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
lietuvių kalba  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
lituanien  
rundi  

German Name
Litauisch  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Lithuanians  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
c. 1503  
1500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
Baltic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Lithuanian  
Kirundi  

Language Position
44  
99+
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
lt  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
lit  
run  

ISO 639 3
lit  
run  

ISO 639 6
lit  
run  

Glottocode
lith1251  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Lithuanian and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Kirundi language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 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 Lithuanian and Kirundi Language History.

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

Lithuanian vs Kirundi Difficulty

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

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