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Cantonese vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
China, Guangdong  
Burundi, Gambia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Hawaii  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
19  
9

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10  
8
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
您好  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
谢谢  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
你好吗?  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
晚安  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
晚上好  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
下午好  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
早上好  
Mwaramutse  

Please
请  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
遗憾  
Not available  

Bye
再见  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
我爱你  
Not available  

Excuse Me
原谅我  
Not available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
outside mainland China  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

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

Dialect 2
Xiguan  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
990,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Hong Kong  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
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?
60.00 million  
27
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
52.00 million  
21
8.80 million  
99+

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  
Not Available  

French Name
Not Available  
rundi  

German Name
Not Available  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
17th century  
1500  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
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
Standard Cantonese  
Kirundi  

Language Position
Not Available  
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Not Available  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
run  

ISO 639 3
No data available  
run  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
cant1236  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Cantonese and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Cantonese vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Cantonese and Kirundi language. History of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Cantonese and Kirundi Language History.

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

Cantonese vs Kirundi Difficulty

The Cantonese vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is Not Available.

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