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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  
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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
-  
-  

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
-  
-  

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
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)  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian  
Rwanda-Rundi  

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

How Many People Speak
42,000,000.00  
17
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Volynian  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
44,000,000.00  
15
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Steppe  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
42,000,000.00  
14
153,000.00  
99+

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 %  
32
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
39.00 million  
25
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Ukrayins'ka Mova  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
ukrainien  
rundi  

German Name
Ukrainisch  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Ukrainians  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
1561  
1500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian  
Kirundi  

Language Position
26  
24
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

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
ukr  
run  

Glottocode
ukra1253  
rund1242  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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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 36 weeks.

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