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Amharic vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Ethiopia  
Burundi, Gambia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
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
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
  • 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
Not Available  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200  
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
31  
21
19  
9

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
Mwaramutse  

Please
i'bakwon  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
aznallehu  
Not available  

Bye
tschao  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
Not available  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
Not available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

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

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
990,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Showa  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
153,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
Not Available  

Native Name
Not Available  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Not Available  

French Name
amharique  
rundi  

German Name
Amharisch  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
13th century  
1500  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Not Available  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Kirundi  

Language Position
55  
40
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
run  

ISO 639 3
amh  
run  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
amha1245  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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Amharic and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Kirundi language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century 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 Amharic and Kirundi Language History.

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

Amharic vs Kirundi Difficulty

The Amharic vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic 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 Amharic and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is Not Available.

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