Countries
Burma
  
Israel
  
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
  
Israel
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Israel
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of the Hebrew 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.
  
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Aramaic Language
  
Alphabets in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Hebrew
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Bwakeye
  
שלום (Shalom)
  
Thank You
Urakoze
  
תודה (Toda)
  
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
  
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
  
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
  
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
  
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
  
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Please
Ndagusavye
  
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Sorry
Not available
  
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Bye
N’agasaga
  
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
I Love You
Not available
  
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
בבקשה!
  
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ha
  
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Israel, Palestine
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
9.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.80 million
  
99+
4.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.60 million
  
27
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
  
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Israeli, Ivrit
  
French Name
rundi
  
hébreu
  
German Name
Kirundi
  
Hebräisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1500
  
1000 BC
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Canaanitic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Standard Forms
Kirundi
  
Modern Hebrew
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Hebrew
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
rn
  
he
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
run
  
heb
  
ISO 639 2/B
run
  
heb
  
ISO 639 3
run
  
heb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
rund1242
  
hebr1246
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Kirundi and Hebrew 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 Hebrew greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kirundi and Hebrew language. Kirundi word for "Hello" is Bwakeye or Hebrew word for "Thank You" is תודה (Toda). Find more of such common Kirundi Greetings and Hebrew Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kirundi vs Hebrew Difficulty
The Kirundi vs Hebrew difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and Hebrew 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 Hebrew are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and Hebrew, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is Not Available while to learn Hebrew time required is 44 weeks.