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Polish vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Poland  
Burundi, Gambia  

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  
  • 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
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
cześć  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
dziękuję  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
Jak się masz?  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
dobranoc  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
dobry wieczór  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
Dzień dobry  
Mwaramutse  

Please
proszę  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
Przepraszam  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
do widzenia  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
kocham Cię  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
przepraszam  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Masovian  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
45,000,000.00  
14
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
510,000.00  
99+
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
27
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
Polski  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
polonais  
rundi  

German Name
Polnisch  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Poles  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
1270  
1500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Polish  
Kirundi  

Language Position
24  
22
86  
99+

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
pl  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
pol  
run  

ISO 639 3
pol  
run  

ISO 639 6
pols  
run  

Glottocode
poli1260  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Polish and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Kirundi language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 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 Polish and Kirundi Language History.

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

Polish vs Kirundi Difficulty

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

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