Xhosa

Kirundi

Xhosa and Kirundi

Xhosa

Kirundi

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Countries

South Africa

Burma

Total No. Of Countries

0 46

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National Language

South Africa

Burundi, Gambia

Second Language

Lesotho, South Africa

Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa

Africa, Asia

Minority Language

Botswana, Lesotho

Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Interesting Facts

Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.

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

Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele

Kinyarwanda Language

Derived From

Khoi-Khoi and San Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5321

18 247

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Phonology

How Many Vowels

105

0 32

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How Many Consonants

4319

9 60

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Scripts

Latin

Writing Direction

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

2 12

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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks36 weeks

3 88

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Greetings

Hello

Molo

Bwakeye

Thank You

Ndiyabulela

Urakoze

How Are You?

Unjani

Urakomeye?

Good Night

Ulale kakuhle

Ijoro ryiza

Good Evening

Ubusuku obuhle

Mwiriwe

Good Afternoon

Uben' emva kwemini entle

Mwiriwe

Good Morning

Molo

Mwaramutse

Please

Ndicela

Ndagusavye

Sorry

Ndicela uxolo

Ndasubiza

Bye

Uhambe/Usale kakuhle

N’agasaga

I Love You

Ndiyakuthanda

Ndi waramutse

Excuse Me

Uxolo

Ndasaba

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gcaleka

Rwanda-Rundi

Where They Speak

South Africa

Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.0020,000,000.00

1.5 960000000

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Dialect 2

Thembu

Where They Speak

South Africa

Tanzania

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.00990,000.00

700 274000000

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Dialect 3

Hlubi

Shubi

Where They Speak

South Africa

Tanzania

How Many People Speak

19.00153,000.00

2 230000000

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Total No. Of Dialects

0 188

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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

20.00 million8.80 million

0 1200

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Speaking Population

0.11 %0.13 %

0 89

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Native Speakers

8.20 million8.80 million

0 873

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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million12.00 million

0.01 400

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Native Name

isiXhosa

íkiRǔndi

Alternative Names

“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa

Rundi, Urundi

French Name

xhosa

rundi

German Name

Xhosa-Sprache

Kirundi

Pronunciation

[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]

[kɪˈrʊndi]

Ethnicity

amaXhosa, amaBhaca

Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa

History

Origin

16th Century

1500

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo

Branch

Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms

Standard Forms

isiXhosa

Kirundi

Language Position

2186

1 120

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Signed Forms

Signed Xhosa

Kirundi Sign Language

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

xho

run

ISO 639 2/B

xho

run

ISO 639 3

xho

run

ISO 639 6

xho

run

Glottocode

xhos1239

rund1242

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fa

No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Xhosa and Kirundi Alphabets

Xhosa and Kirundi Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Xhosa and Kirundi. In Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Kirundi Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Xhosa and Kirundi languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Xhosa and Kirundi languages. The Xhosa phonology consist Xhosa vowels and Xhosa consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Xhosa greetings vs Kirundi greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Xhosa and Kirundi are Most Spoken Languages.

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

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Xhosa and Kirundi Speaking population

Xhosa and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % 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 Xhosa and Kirundi on Xhosa vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Kirundi Language Codes

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