Home
Languagevs


Kazakh and Kirundi


Kirundi and Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   
Burma   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan   
Burundi, Gambia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
  • 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
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   
Kinyarwanda Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
17   
7
19   
9

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   
Bwakeye   

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   
Urakoze   

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   
Urakomeye?   

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   
Ijoro ryiza   

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   
Mwiriwe   

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   
Mwiriwe   

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   
Mwaramutse   

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)   
Ndagusavye   

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   
Not available   

Bye
bye   
N’agasaga   

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   
Not available   

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh   
Rwanda-Rundi   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh   
Ha   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
990,000.00   
25

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh   
Shubi   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
153,000.00   
24

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
8.80 million   
99+

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   
íkiRǔndi   

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   
Not Available   

French Name
kazakh   
rundi   

German Name
Kasachisch   
Kirundi   

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kazahks   
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   

History

Origin
17th Century   
1500   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Not Available   

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kazakh   
Kirundi   

Language Position
93   
99+
86   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
kk   
rn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz   
run   

ISO 639 2/B
kaz   
run   

ISO 639 3
kaz   
run   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kaza1248   
rund1242   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

Summary >>
<< Code

All Kazakh and Kirundi Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Kazakh and Kirundi dialects. Various dialects of Kazakh and Kirundi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kazakh are spoken in different Kazakh Speaking Countries whereas Kirundi Dialects are spoken in different Kirundi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kazakh vs Kirundi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kazakh dialects include: Northeastern Kazakh, Southern Kazakh. Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi , Ha. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

Kazakh and Kirundi Speaking population

Kazakh and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kazakh and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Kazakh and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Kazakh and Kirundi on Kazakh vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kazakh and Kirundi Language Codes

Kazakh and Kirundi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kazakh and Kirundi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages