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Tagalog vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Philippines  
Burundi, Gambia  

Second Language
Filipinos  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
  • 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
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
19  
9

Scripts
Baybayin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Kamusta  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
Salamat po  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
Magandang gabi  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi po  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga po  
Mwaramutse  

Please
pakiusap  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
Paálam  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
Iniibig kita  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Bisalog  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
22
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Filipino  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million  
24
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
19
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
Tagalog  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
tagalog  
rundi  

German Name
Tagalog  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Tagalog people  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
1593  
1500  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Filipino  
Kirundi  

Language Position
58  
99+
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
t1  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tgl  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
tgl  
run  

ISO 639 3
tg1  
run  

ISO 639 6
tgl  
run  

Glottocode
taga1269  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
31-CKA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Tagalog and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Tagalog vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Tagalog and Kirundi language. History of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593 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 Tagalog and Kirundi Language History.

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

Tagalog vs Kirundi Difficulty

The Tagalog vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog 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 Tagalog and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is 36 weeks.

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