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Kirundi vs Portuguese


Portuguese vs Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma   
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
10   
6

National Language
Burundi, Gambia   
Portugal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   

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.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language   
Spanish and Galician Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
19   
9
19   
9

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   
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye   
Olá   

Thank You
Urakoze   
obrigado   

How Are You?
Urakomeye?   
Como você está?   

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza   
boa noite   

Good Evening
Mwiriwe   
boa Noite   

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe   
boa Tarde   

Good Morning
Mwaramutse   
bom Dia   

Please
Ndagusavye   
Por Favor   

Sorry
Not available   
pesaroso   

Bye
N’agasaga   
tchau   

I Love You
Not available   
Eu te amo   

Excuse Me
Not available   
desculpe me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi   
Brazilian Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   
Brazil   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
204,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 2
Ha   
European Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Portugal   

How Many People Speak
990,000.00   
25
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Shubi   
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Daman and Diu   

How Many People Speak
153,000.00   
24
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million   
99+
231.00 million   
7

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
3.27 %   
7

Native Speakers
8.80 million   
99+
216.00 million   
5

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
íkiRǔndi   
Português   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Português   

French Name
rundi   
portugais   

German Name
Kirundi   
Portugiesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   
Portuguese people or portugueses   

History

Origin
1500   
3rd Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Medieval Galician   

Standard Forms
Kirundi   
Portuguese   

Language Position
86   
99+
6   
6

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
rn   
pt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run   
por   

ISO 639 2/B
run   
por   

ISO 639 3
run   
por   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
rund1242   
port1283   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Kirundi and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Kirundi vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Kirundi and Portuguese language. History of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500 whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. 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 Portuguese Language History.

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

Kirundi vs Portuguese Difficulty

The Kirundi vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is Not Available while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.

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