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Kirundi vs Japanese


Japanese vs Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
21  
3
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

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
990,000.00  
25
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
kansai  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
24
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million  
99+
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
1.90 %  
10

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)  

History

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  

Language Position
86  
99+
8  
8

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Kirundi and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Kirundi vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Kirundi and Japanese language. History of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500 whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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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.

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