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Kirundi vs Finnish


Finnish vs Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma   
European Union, Finland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Burundi, Gambia   
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Estonia   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Institute for the Languages of Finland   

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.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language   
Estonian and Livonian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
19   
9
13   
3

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye   
Moi   

Thank You
Urakoze   
Kiitos   

How Are You?
Urakomeye?   
Mitä kuuluu?   

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza   
hyvää yötä   

Good Evening
Mwiriwe   
Hyvää iltaa   

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe   
Hyvää iltapäivää   

Good Morning
Mwaramutse   
Hyvää huomenta   

Please
Ndagusavye   
haluta   

Sorry
Not available   
Anteeksi   

Bye
N’agasaga   
Heippa   

I Love You
Not available   
Minä rakastan sinua   

Excuse Me
Not available   
Anteeksi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi   
Colloquial Finnish   

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   
Finland   

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

Dialect 2
Ha   
Rauma   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Finland, Rauma   

How Many People Speak
990,000.00   
25
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Shubi   
Meänkieli   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Finland, Sweden   

How Many People Speak
153,000.00   
24
60,000.00   
31

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million   
99+
5.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.80 million   
99+
5.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
0.01 million   
39

Native Name
íkiRǔndi   
suomi / suomen kieli   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Suomi   

French Name
rundi   
finnois   

German Name
Kirundi   
Finnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈsuomi]   

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   
ethnic Finns   

History

Origin
1500   
1543   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Finnic language   

Standard Forms
Kirundi   
standard Finnish   

Language Position
86   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Finnish   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
rn   
fi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run   
fin   

ISO 639 2/B
run   
fin   

ISO 639 3
run   
fin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
rund1242   
finn1318   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Kirundi and Finnish Language History

Comparison of Kirundi vs Finnish language history gives us differences between origin of Kirundi and Finnish language. History of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500 whereas history of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543. 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 Finnish Language History.

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Kirundi and Finnish 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 Finnish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kirundi and Finnish language. Kirundi word for "Hello" is Bwakeye or Finnish word for "Thank You" is Kiitos. Find more of such common Kirundi Greetings and Finnish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Kirundi vs Finnish Difficulty

The Kirundi vs Finnish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and Finnish 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 Finnish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and Finnish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is Not Available while to learn Finnish time required is 44 weeks.

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