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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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