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Croatian vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
1  
14

National Language
Austria  
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
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
bok  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
hvala  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
kako si  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
laku noć  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
Mwaramutse  

Please
molim  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Not available  

Bye
Doviđenja  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
Volim te  
Not available  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
Not available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
31
20,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
990,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
5
153,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
36
Not Available  

Native Name
hrvatski  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Not Available  

French Name
croate  
rundi  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
9th century  
1500  

Language Family
Indo-European 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
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Kirundi  

Language Position
23  
19
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
run  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
run  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
croa1245  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Croatian and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Kirundi language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Croatian and Kirundi Language History.

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

Croatian vs Kirundi Difficulty

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

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