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Georgian vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia   
Burma   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America   
Burundi, Gambia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa, Asia   

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

Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
  • Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
  • 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
Anatolian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
28   
18
19   
9

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)   
Bwakeye   

Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)   
Urakoze   

How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)   
Urakomeye?   

Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)   
Ijoro ryiza   

Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)   
Mwiriwe   

Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   
Mwiriwe   

Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   
Mwaramutse   

Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)   
Ndagusavye   

Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)   
Not available   

Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)   
N’agasaga   

I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)   
Not available   

Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian   
Rwanda-Rundi   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America   
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Kartlian   
Ha   

Where They Speak
Kartli   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
990,000.00   
25

Dialect 3
Pshavian   
Shubi   

Where They Speak
Pshavi   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
153,000.00   
24

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
4.30 million   
99+
8.80 million   
99+

Native Name
ქართული ენა   
íkiRǔndi   

Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli   
Not Available   

French Name
géorgien   
rundi   

German Name
Georgisch   
Kirundi   

Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Georgians   
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   

History

Origin
5th Century   
1500   

Language Family
Kartvelian Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Southern   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Georgian   
Kirundi   

Language Position
120   
99+
86   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
ka   
rn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kat   
run   

ISO 639 2/B
geo   
run   

ISO 639 3
kat   
run   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1302   
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
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Georgian and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Georgian vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Georgian and Kirundi language. History of Georgian language states that this language originated in 5th 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 Georgian and Kirundi Language History.

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

Georgian vs Kirundi Difficulty

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

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