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German vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
Burma   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Germany   
Burundi, Gambia   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Kinyarwanda Language   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
9   
1
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
30 weeks   
9
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Bwakeye   

Thank You
Danke   
Urakoze   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
Urakomeye?   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
Ijoro ryiza   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
Mwiriwe   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
Mwiriwe   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
Mwaramutse   

Please
bitte   
Ndagusavye   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
Not available   

Bye
Tschüs   
N’agasaga   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
Not available   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Rwanda-Rundi   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Ha   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
990,000.00   
25

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Shubi   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
153,000.00   
24

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
8.80 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
8.80 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
Not Available   

Native Name
Deutsch   
íkiRǔndi   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Not Available   

French Name
allemand   
rundi   

German Name
Deutsch   
Kirundi   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
1500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Kirundi   

Language Position
9   
9
86   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
rn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
run   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
run   

ISO 639 3
deu   
run   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
rund1242   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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German and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of German vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of German and Kirundi language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Kirundi Language History.

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

German vs Kirundi Difficulty

The German vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is Not Available.

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