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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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