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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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