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Khmer vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Burundi, Gambia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • 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
Lao Language  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
5  
2

How Many Consonants
33  
23
19  
9

Scripts
Khmer  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
ND  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
ND  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
ND  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
ND  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
ND  
Mwaramutse  

Please
ND  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
ND  
Not available  

Bye
ND  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
ND  
Not available  

Excuse Me
ND  
Not available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
26
20,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
24
990,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
153,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
8.80 million  
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Not Available  

French Name
khmer central  
rundi  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
14  
1500  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Kirundi  

Language Position
Not Available  
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
run  

ISO 639 3
khm  
run  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
khme1253  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
Not Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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Khmer and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Kirundi language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 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 Khmer and Kirundi Language History.

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

Khmer vs Kirundi Difficulty

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

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