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Turkish vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
1  
14

National Language
Turkey  
Burundi, Gambia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
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
Merhaba  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
günaydın  
Mwaramutse  

Please
lütfen  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
25
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
99+
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
22
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
Türkçe  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
turc  
rundi  

German Name
Türkisch  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
1500  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
-  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Kirundi  

Language Position
19  
17
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
run  

ISO 639 3
tur  
run  

ISO 639 6
tur  
run  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Turkish and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Kirundi language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 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 Turkish and Kirundi Language History.

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

Turkish vs Kirundi Difficulty

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

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