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Portuguese and Kirundi


Kirundi and Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
1  
14

National Language
Portugal  
Burundi, Gambia  

Second Language
United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
  • 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
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
obrigado  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
boa noite  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
Mwaramutse  

Please
Por Favor  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
pesaroso  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
tchau  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
5
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
99+
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
Português  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Português  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
portugais  
rundi  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
1500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Kirundi  

Language Position
6  
6
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
run  

ISO 639 3
por  
run  

ISO 639 6
por  
run  

Glottocode
port1283  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Portuguese and Kirundi Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Portuguese and Kirundi dialects. Various dialects of Portuguese and Kirundi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Portuguese are spoken in different Portuguese Speaking Countries whereas Kirundi Dialects are spoken in different Kirundi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Portuguese vs Kirundi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese. Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi , Ha. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Portuguese and Kirundi Speaking population

Portuguese and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Portuguese and Kirundi on Portuguese vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Kirundi Language Codes

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