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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  
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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  
-  

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  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

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  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Rwanda-Rundi  

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

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
15
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
33
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
32
153,000.00  
99+

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 %  
21
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
فارسی  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
persan  
rundi  

German Name
Persisch  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
1500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Iranian  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Kirundi  

Language Position
23  
21
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

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
pers  
run  

Glottocode
fars1254  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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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 36 weeks.

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