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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  
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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  
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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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