Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Burma
National Language
Russia
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
- 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Bwakeye
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
Urakoze
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Urakomeye?
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Mwaramutse
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Ndagusavye
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
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Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
N’agasaga
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
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Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
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Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Where They Speak
Olonets
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
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Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
Русский
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Russki
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German Name
Russisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
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Ethnicity
Russians
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
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Branch
Eastern
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Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Kirundi
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
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Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
russ1263
rund1242
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
No data available
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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Russian 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 Russian and Kirundi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Kirundi language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Kirundi word for "Thank You" is Urakoze. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Kirundi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Kirundi Difficulty
The Russian vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian 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 Russian and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is Not Available.