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Albanian and Kirundi


Kirundi and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Burma   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Burundi, Gambia   

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
    •   
  • 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
Romanian   
Kinyarwanda Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
29   
19
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje   
Bwakeye   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
Urakoze   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
Urakomeye?   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
Ijoro ryiza   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
Mwiriwe   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
Mwiriwe   

Good Morning
mirëmengjes   
Mwaramutse   

Please
Ju lutem   
Ndagusavye   

Sorry
Me fal   
Not available   

Bye
mirupafshim   
N’agasaga   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
Not available   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Rwanda-Rundi   

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Ha   

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
990,000.00   
25

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Shubi   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
153,000.00   
24

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
8.80 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
Not Available   

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
íkiRǔndi   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
albanais   
rundi   

German Name
Albanisch   
Kirundi   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
1500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
Kirundi   

Language Position
Not Available   
86   
99+

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
rn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
run   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
run   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
run   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
alba1267   
rund1242   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Albanian and Kirundi Speaking population

Albanian and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available 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 Albanian and Kirundi on Albanian vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Kirundi Language Codes

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

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