Countries
Burma
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
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 in
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Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Hangul
  
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
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Ha
  
Gyeongsang
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Hamgyŏng
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
China, North Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
22
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.