Countries
Burma
  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
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 in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Daman and Diu
  
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
231.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.