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Kirundi vs Lithuanian


Lithuanian vs Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

Alphabets in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
21  
3
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
19  
9
20  
10

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  
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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Ha  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
25
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
24
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
10  
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
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  

History

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
86  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Kirundi and Lithuanian Language History

Comparison of Kirundi vs Lithuanian language history gives us differences between origin of Kirundi and Lithuanian language. History of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500 whereas history of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503. 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 Lithuanian Language History.

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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.

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