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Welsh and Kirundi


Kirundi and Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Wales  
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
Argentina, United Kingdom  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
  • 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
English Language  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
British Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Helô  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
Diolch  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
Nos da  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
Bore da  
Mwaramutse  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
Hwyl  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Powys  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Cymraeg  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
gallois  
rundi  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
-  

Branch
Brythonic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Kirundi  

Language Position
31  
29
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
run  

ISO 639 3
cym  
run  

ISO 639 6
cym  
run  

Glottocode
wels1247  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
50-ABA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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All Welsh 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 Welsh and Kirundi dialects. Various dialects of Welsh and Kirundi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Welsh are spoken in different Welsh Speaking Countries whereas Kirundi Dialects are spoken in different Kirundi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Welsh vs Kirundi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Welsh dialects include: Patagonian Welsh, Y Wyndodeg. Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi , Ha. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Welsh and Kirundi Speaking population

Welsh and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is 0.24 % 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 Welsh and Kirundi on Welsh vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Welsh and Kirundi Language Codes

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

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