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Kirundi vs Chinese


Chinese vs 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   
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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Kirundi and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Kirundi vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Kirundi and Chinese language. History of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500 whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Kirundi and Chinese Language History.

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Kirundi and Chinese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Kirundi and Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kirundi and Chinese language. Kirundi word for "Hello" is Bwakeye or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Kirundi Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Kirundi vs Chinese Difficulty

The Kirundi vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and Chinese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Kirundi and Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is Not Available while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.

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