Countries
Burma
  
Japan
  
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
  
Japan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Asia, Pacific
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Palau
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
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.
  
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Korean Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kana
  
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
  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Thank You
Urakoze
  
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
  
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Please
Ndagusavye
  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Sorry
Not available
  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Bye
N’agasaga
  
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
I Love You
Not available
  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Ha
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Fukuoka
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
14
Native Speakers
8.80 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
9
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
  
日本語
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
French Name
rundi
  
japonais
  
German Name
Kirundi
  
Japanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Origin
1500
  
1185
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Japonic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Standard Forms
Kirundi
  
Japanese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
rn
  
ja
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
run
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 2/B
run
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 3
run
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
rund1242
  
nucl1643
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
45-CAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Kirundi and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kirundi and Japanese language. Kirundi word for "Hello" is Bwakeye or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Kirundi Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kirundi vs Japanese Difficulty
The Kirundi vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is Not Available while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.