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Kirundi vs Korean


Korean vs Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
North Korea, South Korea  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
Not Available  
The National Institute of the Korean 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.
  
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
21  
18

How Many Consonants
19  
9
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
Urakoze  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
Ndagusavye  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
Not available  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
N’agasaga  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
Not available  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
Not available  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ha  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
25
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
China, North Korea  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
24
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million  
99+
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
rundi  
coréen  

German Name
Kirundi  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Koreans  

History

Origin
1500  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  

Language Position
86  
99+
12  
11

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
kor  

ISO 639 3
run  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
rund1242  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
No data available  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Kirundi and Korean Language History

Comparison of Kirundi vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Kirundi and Korean language. History of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500 whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century. 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 Korean Language History.

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

Kirundi vs Korean Difficulty

The Kirundi vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is Not Available while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.

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