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Vietnamese and Kirundi


Kirundi and Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Vietnam  
Burundi, Gambia  

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
Cam on  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
Mwaramutse  

Please
xin vui lòng  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
11
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
9
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
8
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
vietnamien  
rundi  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
1500  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Kirundi  

Language Position
14  
13
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
run  

ISO 639 3
vie  
run  

ISO 639 6
vie  
run  

Glottocode
viet1252  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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All Vietnamese and Kirundi Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Vietnamese and Kirundi dialects. Various dialects of Vietnamese and Kirundi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Vietnamese are spoken in different Vietnamese Speaking Countries whereas Kirundi Dialects are spoken in different Kirundi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Vietnamese vs Kirundi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Vietnamese dialects include: Northern Vietnamese, North-central Vietnamese. Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi , Ha. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Vietnamese and Kirundi Speaking population

Vietnamese and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Vietnamese and Kirundi on Vietnamese vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Vietnamese and Kirundi Language Codes

Vietnamese and Kirundi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Vietnamese and Kirundi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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