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Kirundi and Kazakh


Kazakh and Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma   
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Burundi, Gambia   
Gambia, Kazakhstan   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Kazakh language agency   

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.
  
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language   
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
19   
9
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye   
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   

Thank You
Urakoze   
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   

How Are You?
Urakomeye?   
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza   
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   

Good Evening
Mwiriwe   
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe   
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   

Good Morning
Mwaramutse   
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   

Please
Ndagusavye   
өтінемін (ötinemin)   

Sorry
Not available   
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   

Bye
N’agasaga   
bye   

I Love You
Not available   
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   

Excuse Me
Not available   
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi   
Northeastern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   
Kazakhstan   

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

Dialect 2
Ha   
Southern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Kazakhstan   

How Many People Speak
990,000.00   
25
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Shubi   
Western Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Kazakhstan   

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+
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.80 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
íkiRǔndi   
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   

French Name
rundi   
kazakh   

German Name
Kirundi   
Kasachisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   
Kazahks   

History

Origin
1500   
17th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northwestern (Kipchak)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kirundi   
Kazakh   

Language Position
86   
99+
93   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
rn   
kk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run   
kaz   

ISO 639 2/B
run   
kaz   

ISO 639 3
run   
kaz   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
rund1242   
kaza1248   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Kirundi and Kazakh Speaking population

Kirundi and Kazakh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Kazakh languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Kazakh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 %. 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 Kazakh on Kirundi vs Kazakh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kirundi and Kazakh Language Codes

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

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