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Kirundi vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
Macedonia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

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  
Albania, Romania, Serbia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  

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.
  
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
26  
16

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
Urakoze  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
Добар ден (Dobar den)  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
Ndagusavye  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  

Sorry
Not available  
жал (žal)  

Bye
N’agasaga  
Чао (Čao)  

I Love You
Not available  
Те сакам (Te sakam)  

Excuse Me
Not available  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
1.50  
99+

Dialect 2
Ha  
Debar  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Macedonia  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
25
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Galičnik  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Macedonia  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
24
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
28  
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
2.50 million  
99+

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  

French Name
rundi  
macédonien  

German Name
Kirundi  
Makedonisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Macedonians  

History

Origin
1500  
2200 BC  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Macedonian  

Language Position
86  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Macedonian Sign Language  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
mk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
mkd  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
mac  

ISO 639 3
run  
mkd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
rund1242  
mace1250  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-ha  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic  

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Kirundi and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Kirundi vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Kirundi and Macedonian language. History of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500 whereas history of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC. 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 Macedonian Language History.

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

Kirundi vs Macedonian Difficulty

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

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