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Abkhaz vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Abkhazia  
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
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
  • 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
Adyghe language, Abaza language  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
Caucasian languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62  
36
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
5  
2

How Many Consonants
60  
36
19  
9

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks  
8
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  
Mwaramutse  

Please
Not Available  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
Not Available  
Not available  

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
Not available  
Not available  

Excuse Me
Not available  
Not available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Abkhazia  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

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

Dialect 2
Abzhywa  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Caucasus  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
990,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Sadz  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Turkey  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
153,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.13 million  
99+
8.80 million  
99+

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian  
Not Available  

French Name
abkhaze  
rundi  

German Name
Abchasisch  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
c. 1650  
1500  

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Abkhaz  
Kirundi  

Language Position
Not Available  
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
ab  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
abk  
run  

ISO 639 3
abk  
run  

ISO 639 6
abks  
Not Available  

Glottocode
abkh1244  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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Abkhaz and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Abkhaz vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Abkhaz and Kirundi language. History of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650 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 Abkhaz and Kirundi Language History.

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

Abkhaz vs Kirundi Difficulty

The Abkhaz vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz 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 Abkhaz and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is Not Available.

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