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Kirundi and Cantonese


Cantonese and Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma   
Hong Kong, Macau   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Burundi, Gambia   
China, Guangdong   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Hawaii   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
19   
9
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
10   
8

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye   
您好   

Thank You
Urakoze   
谢谢   

How Are You?
Urakomeye?   
你好吗?   

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza   
晚安   

Good Evening
Mwiriwe   
晚上好   

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe   
下午好   

Good Morning
Mwaramutse   
早上好   

Please
Ndagusavye   
请   

Sorry
Not available   
遗憾   

Bye
N’agasaga   
再见   

I Love You
Not available   
我爱你   

Excuse Me
Not available   
原谅我   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi   
Guangzhou   

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   
outside mainland China   

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

Dialect 2
Ha   
Xiguan   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Hong Kong   

How Many People Speak
990,000.00   
25
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Shubi   
Hong Kong   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Hong Kong   

How Many People Speak
153,000.00   
24
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million   
99+
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
8.80 million   
99+
52.00 million   
21

Native Name
íkiRǔndi   
Kwang Tung Wa   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   

French Name
rundi   
Not Available   

German Name
Kirundi   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1500   
17th century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kirundi   
Standard Cantonese   

Language Position
86   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
rn   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
run   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
run   
No data available   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
rund1242   
cant1236   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Kirundi and Cantonese 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 Kirundi and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Kirundi and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kirundi are spoken in different Kirundi Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kirundi vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi, Ha. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Kirundi and Cantonese Speaking population

Kirundi and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Kirundi and Cantonese on Kirundi vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kirundi and Cantonese Language Codes

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

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