Countries
Burma
  
India
  
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Bwakeye
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
Urakoze
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
Ndagusavye
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
Not available
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
N’agasaga
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
Not available
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ha
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.80 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
French Name
rundi
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Kirundi
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1500
  
2000 B.C.
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
Kirundi
  
Sanskrit
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
rn
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
run
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
run
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
run
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
rund1242
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Kirundi and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kirundi and Sanskrit language. Kirundi word for "Hello" is Bwakeye or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Kirundi Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kirundi vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Kirundi vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is Not Available while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.