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Kirundi vs Persian


Persian vs Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

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.
  
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
19  
9
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye  
سلام  

Thank You
Urakoze  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
صبح به خیر  

Please
Ndagusavye  
لطفا  

Sorry
Not available  
متاسف  

Bye
N’agasaga  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Not available  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Not available  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
47,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 2
Ha  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
25
12,500,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
24
7,900,000.00  
6

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million  
99+
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
65.00 million  
17

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
rundi  
persan  

German Name
Kirundi  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Persian people  

History

Origin
1500  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Persian  

Language Position
86  
99+
23  
19

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
per  

ISO 639 3
run  
pes  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
rund1242  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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Kirundi and Persian Language History

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

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

Kirundi vs Persian Difficulty

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

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