Countries
Burma
  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
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 in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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)
  
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
80,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Yue
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00
  
2
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
1,051.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.