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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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