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Kirundi and Ukrainian


Ukrainian and Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Burundi, Gambia   
Ukraine   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   

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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
19   
9
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Urakoze   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
Urakomeye?   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
Mwiriwe   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
Mwaramutse   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
Ndagusavye   
будь ласк   

Sorry
Not available   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
N’agasaga   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
Not available   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Not available   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

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

Dialect 2
Ha   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Rivne, Volyn   

How Many People Speak
990,000.00   
25
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Shubi   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
153,000.00   
24
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million   
99+
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
8.80 million   
99+
39.00 million   
25

Native Name
íkiRǔndi   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
rundi   
ukrainien   

German Name
Kirundi   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
1500   
1561   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Kirundi   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
86   
99+
26   
22

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
rn   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
run   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
run   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
rund1242   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Kirundi and Ukrainian Speaking population

Kirundi and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 %. 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 Ukrainian on Kirundi vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kirundi and Ukrainian Language Codes

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

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