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Kirundi vs Latvian


Latvian vs Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
European Union, Latvia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
Latvia  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
Not Available  
Latvian State Language Center  

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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
  • The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Lithuanian Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
19  
9
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Urakoze  
Paldies  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
Kā jums klājas?  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
Ar labunakti  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
Labvakar  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
Labdien  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
Labrīt  

Please
Ndagusavye  
lūdzu  

Sorry
Not available  
Piedodiet!  

Bye
N’agasaga  
Uz redzēšanos  

I Love You
Not available  
Es tevi mīlu  

Excuse Me
Not available  
Piedodiet!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Livonian  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Ha  
Middle Latvian  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Latvia  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
25
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Shubi  
High Latvian  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
France, Latvia  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
24
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million  
99+
1.75 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
1.75 million  
99+

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
latviešu valoda  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Lettish  

French Name
rundi  
letton  

German Name
Kirundi  
Lettisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Latvians or Letts  

History

Origin
1500  
1530  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Baltic  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Latvian  

Language Position
86  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Latvian Sign Language  

Scope
Not Available  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
lv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
lav  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
lav  

ISO 639 3
run  
lav  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
not Available  

Glottocode
rund1242  
latv1249  

Linguasphere
No data available  
54-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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Kirundi and Latvian Language History

Comparison of Kirundi vs Latvian language history gives us differences between origin of Kirundi and Latvian language. History of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500 whereas history of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530. 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 Latvian Language History.

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

Kirundi vs Latvian Difficulty

The Kirundi vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and Latvian 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 Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is Not Available while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.

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