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Marathi vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Marathi


Countries

Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
India  
Burundi, Gambia  

Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
  • 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
Konkani Language  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
52  
31
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
19  
9

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)  
Mwaramutse  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
बाय (Bāya)  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Kokan  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Varhadi  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Vidarbha  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khandeshi  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Khandesh  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
42  
29
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
71.00 million  
25
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.10 %  
19
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
68.00 million  
16
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
marathe  
rundi  

German Name
Marathi  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Marathi people  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
10th century  
1500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Marathi  
Kirundi  

Language Position
17  
15
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
mr  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mar  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
mar  
run  

ISO 639 3
mar  
run  

ISO 639 6
mar  
run  

Glottocode
mara1378  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
omr  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Marathi and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Marathi vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Marathi and Kirundi language. History of Marathi language states that this language originated in 10th century 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 Marathi and Kirundi Language History.

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

Marathi vs Kirundi Difficulty

The Marathi vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi 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 Marathi and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is 36 weeks.

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