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Ukrainian vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine   
Burma   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Ukraine   
Burundi, Gambia   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
  • 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
Russian and Belarusian Languages   
Kinyarwanda Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
22   
12
19   
9

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   
Bwakeye   

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   
Urakoze   

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   
Urakomeye?   

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   
Ijoro ryiza   

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   
Mwiriwe   

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   
Mwiriwe   

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   
Mwaramutse   

Please
будь ласк   
Ndagusavye   

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)   
Not available   

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)   
N’agasaga   

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   
Not available   

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian   
Rwanda-Rundi   

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Volynian   
Ha   

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
990,000.00   
25

Dialect 3
Steppe   
Shubi   

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
153,000.00   
24

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million   
32
8.80 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.46 %   
30
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
39.00 million   
25
8.80 million   
99+

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   
íkiRǔndi   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
ukrainien   
rundi   

German Name
Ukrainisch   
Kirundi   

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Ukrainians   
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   

History

Origin
1561   
1500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian   
Kirundi   

Language Position
26   
22
86   
99+

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
uk   
rn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr   
run   

ISO 639 2/B
ukr   
run   

ISO 639 3
ukr   
run   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ukra1253   
rund1242   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Ukrainian and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Ukrainian vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Ukrainian and Kirundi language. History of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561 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 Ukrainian and Kirundi Language History.

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

Ukrainian vs Kirundi Difficulty

The Ukrainian vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ukrainian and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ukrainian is 44 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is Not Available.

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