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Kirundi vs Nepali


Nepali vs Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Burundi, Gambia   
Nepal   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Language Academy of Nepal   

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language   
Hindi   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
19   
9
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

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   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
Urakoze   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
Urakomeye?   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
Mwiriwe   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
Mwaramutse   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
Ndagusavye   
कृपया   

Sorry
Not available   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
N’agasaga   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
Not available   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
Not available   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Ha   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
India, Nepal   

How Many People Speak
990,000.00   
25
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Shubi   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Nepal   

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+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.80 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
íkiRǔndi   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
rundi   
népalais   

German Name
Kirundi   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
1500   
19 BC   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Kirundi   
Nepali   

Language Position
86   
99+
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
rn   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
run   
nep   

ISO 639 3
run   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
rund1242   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12   

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 Nepali Language History

Comparison of Kirundi vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Kirundi and Nepali language. History of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500 whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 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 Nepali Language History.

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

Kirundi vs Nepali Difficulty

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

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