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Kirundi vs Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
19  
9

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

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)  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
Русский  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
russe  
rundi  

German Name
Russisch  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
1500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Kirundi  

Language Position
7  
7
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
run  

ISO 639 3
rus  
run  

ISO 639 6
rus  
run  

Glottocode
russ1263  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Russian and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Kirundi language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD 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 Russian and Kirundi Language History.

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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 36 weeks.

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