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Chinese vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Burundi, Gambia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Chinese.jpg#200  
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
19  
9

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
Mwaramutse  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
Not available  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
Not available  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
Not available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
20,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 2
Wu  
Ha  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
1
990,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Yue  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
2
153,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
Not Available  

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Not Available  

French Name
chinois  
rundi  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Han  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
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 Chinese  
Kirundi  

Language Position
1  
1
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
run  

ISO 639 3
zho  
run  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sini1245  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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Chinese and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Kirundi language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC 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 Chinese and Kirundi Language History.

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

Chinese vs Kirundi Difficulty

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

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