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Dutch vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Burma   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Burundi, Gambia   

Second Language
South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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
German and English Languages   
Kinyarwanda Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
Bwakeye   

Thank You
dankjewel   
Urakoze   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
Urakomeye?   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
Ijoro ryiza   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
Mwiriwe   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
Mwiriwe   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
Mwaramutse   

Please
alsjeblieft   
Ndagusavye   

Sorry
sorry   
Not available   

Bye
vaarwel   
N’agasaga   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
Not available   

Excuse Me
pardon   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Rwanda-Rundi   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Ha   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
990,000.00   
25

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Shubi   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
153,000.00   
24

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
8.80 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
8.80 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
Not Available   

Native Name
Nederlands   
íkiRǔndi   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Not Available   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
rundi   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Kirundi   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
1500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Kirundi   

Language Position
48   
35
86   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
rn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
run   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
run   

ISO 639 3
nld   
run   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mode1257   
rund1242   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Dutch and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Kirundi language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 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 Dutch and Kirundi Language History.

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

Dutch vs Kirundi Difficulty

The Dutch vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch 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 Dutch and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is Not Available.

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