Countries
Burma
  
European Union, Lithuania
  
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
  
Lithuania
  
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
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Commission of the Lithuanian 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.
  
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Latvian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Bwakeye
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Urakoze
  
Ačiū
  
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
  
Kaip sekasi?
  
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
  
Labanakt
  
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
  
Labas vakaras
  
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
  
Laba diena
  
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
  
Labas rytas
  
Please
Ndagusavye
  
Prašom
  
Sorry
Not available
  
atsiprašau
  
Bye
N’agasaga
  
Ate
  
I Love You
Not available
  
Aš myliu tave
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
Atsiprašau
  
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Samogitian
  
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Ha
  
Aukštaitian
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Curonian
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
3.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.80 million
  
99+
3.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
  
lietuvių kalba
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
French Name
rundi
  
lituanien
  
German Name
Kirundi
  
Litauisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Lithuanians
  
Origin
1500
  
c. 1503
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Baltic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kirundi
  
Lithuanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
rn
  
lt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
run
  
lit
  
ISO 639 2/B
run
  
lit
  
ISO 639 3
run
  
lit
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
rund1242
  
lith1251
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
54-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Kirundi and Lithuanian 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 Lithuanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kirundi and Lithuanian language. Kirundi word for "Hello" is Bwakeye or Lithuanian word for "Thank You" is Ačiū. Find more of such common Kirundi Greetings and Lithuanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kirundi vs Lithuanian Difficulty
The Kirundi vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and Lithuanian 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 Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is Not Available while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.