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Romanian vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

National Language
Moldova, Romania  
Burundi, Gambia  

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
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
alo  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
multumesc  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
ce mai faci?  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
noapte Buna  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
buna Seara  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
bună Dimineața  
Mwaramutse  

Please
Vă Rog  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
scuze  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
La revedere  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
Te iubesc  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
250,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
1,400.00  
99+
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
Română  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
roumain; moldave  
rundi  

German Name
Rumänisch  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Romanians  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
1521  
1500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Romanian  
Kirundi  

Language Position
36  
33
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
ro  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
rum  
run  

ISO 639 3
ron  
run  

ISO 639 6
ron  
run  

Glottocode
roma1327  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Romanian and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Kirundi language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 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 Romanian and Kirundi Language History.

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

Romanian vs Kirundi Difficulty

The Romanian vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian 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 Romanian and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is 36 weeks.

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