Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Burma
  
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 in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Shubi
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
8.80 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
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
  
Kazakh 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 Kazakh and Kirundi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kazakh and Kirundi language. Kazakh word for "Hello" is Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be) or Kirundi word for "Thank You" is Urakoze. Find more of such common Kazakh Greetings and Kirundi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kazakh vs Kirundi Difficulty
The Kazakh vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kazakh 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 Kazakh and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kazakh and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kazakh is 44 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is Not Available.