Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Burma
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
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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
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
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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
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I Love You
Eu te amo
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Excuse Me
desculpe me
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Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Brazil
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Ha
Where They Speak
Portugal
Tanzania
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Shubi
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Tanzania
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Português
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Português
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French Name
portugais
rundi
German Name
Portugiesisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
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Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Romance
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Kirundi
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
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Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
port1283
rund1242
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Kirundi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Kirundi language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Kirundi word for "Thank You" is Urakoze. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Kirundi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Kirundi Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is Not Available.