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Kirundi vs Russian


Russian vs Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
Russia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
19  
9
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

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  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Urakoze  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
Ndagusavye  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
Not available  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
N’agasaga  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
Not available  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Not available  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ha  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Olonets  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
25
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Novgorod  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
24
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million  
99+
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Russki  

French Name
rundi  
russe  

German Name
Kirundi  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Russians  

History

Origin
1500  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
86  
99+
7  
7

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
rus  

ISO 639 3
run  
rus  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
rund1242  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-ea  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Kirundi and Russian Language History

Comparison of Kirundi vs Russian language history gives us differences between origin of Kirundi and Russian language. History of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500 whereas history of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. 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 Russian Language History.

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

Kirundi vs Russian Difficulty

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

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