Countries
Burma
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
  
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Kazakh language agency
  
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 Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Bwakeye
  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Thank You
Urakoze
  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Please
Ndagusavye
  
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Sorry
Not available
  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bye
N’agasaga
  
bye
  
I Love You
Not available
  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ha
  
Southern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
8.80 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
French Name
rundi
  
kazakh
  
German Name
Kirundi
  
Kasachisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Kazahks
  
Origin
1500
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kirundi
  
Kazakh
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
rn
  
kk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
run
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 2/B
run
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 3
run
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
rund1242
  
kaza1248
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Kirundi and Kazakh 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 Kazakh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kirundi and Kazakh language. Kirundi word for "Hello" is Bwakeye or Kazakh word for "Thank You" is Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge). Find more of such common Kirundi Greetings and Kazakh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kirundi vs Kazakh Difficulty
The Kirundi vs Kazakh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and Kazakh 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 Kazakh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and Kazakh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is Not Available while to learn Kazakh time required is 44 weeks.