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Persian vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
Burma   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Burundi, Gambia   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
  • 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
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
Kinyarwanda Language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
19   
9

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
سلام   
Bwakeye   

Thank You
متشکرم   
Urakoze   

How Are You?
چطور هستید?   
Urakomeye?   

Good Night
شب بخیر   
Ijoro ryiza   

Good Evening
عصر بخیر   
Mwiriwe   

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر   
Mwiriwe   

Good Morning
صبح به خیر   
Mwaramutse   

Please
لطفا   
Ndagusavye   

Sorry
متاسف   
Not available   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
N’agasaga   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
Not available   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Rwanda-Rundi   

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq   
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00   
7
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Ha   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00   
7
990,000.00   
25

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Shubi   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00   
6
153,000.00   
24

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million   
26
8.80 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
8.80 million   
99+

Native Name
فارسی   
íkiRǔndi   

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   
Not Available   

French Name
persan   
rundi   

German Name
Persisch   
Kirundi   

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
1500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Iranian   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Persian   
Kirundi   

Language Position
23   
19
86   
99+

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
rn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
run   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
run   

ISO 639 3
pes   
run   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fars1254   
rund1242   

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Persian and Kirundi Language History

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

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

Persian vs Kirundi Difficulty

The Persian vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian 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 Persian and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is Not Available.

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