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Kirundi and Chinese


Chinese and Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma   
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

National Language
Burundi, Gambia   
China, Taiwan   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   

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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
24   
19

How Many Consonants
19   
9
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye   
您好 (Nín hǎo)   

Thank You
Urakoze   
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   

How Are You?
Urakomeye?   
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza   
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   

Good Evening
Mwiriwe   
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe   
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   

Good Morning
Mwaramutse   
早安 (Zǎo ān)   

Please
Ndagusavye   
请 (Qǐng)   

Sorry
Not available   
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   

Bye
N’agasaga   
再见 (Zàijiàn)   

I Love You
Not available   
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   

Excuse Me
Not available   
劳驾 (Láojià)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi   
Mandarin   

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
960,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 2
Ha   
Wu   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
China, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
990,000.00   
25
80,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 3
Shubi   
Yue   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
153,000.00   
24
60,000,000.00   
2

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million   
99+
1,051.00 million   
2

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
8.80 million   
99+
873.00 million   
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
178.00 million   
3

Native Name
íkiRǔndi   
中文 (zhōngwén)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
rundi   
chinois   

German Name
Kirundi   
Chinesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   
Han   

History

Origin
1500   
1250 BC   

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 Chinese   

Language Position
86   
99+
1   
1

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
rn   
zh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run   
zho   

ISO 639 2/B
run   
chi   

ISO 639 3
run   
zho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
rund1242   
sini1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
79-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Kirundi and Chinese Speaking population

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

Kirundi and Chinese Language Codes

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

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