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Kirundi vs Slovak


Slovak vs Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Czech Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Czech-Slovak Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
15  
12

How Many Consonants
19  
9
38  
27

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  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye  
Ahoj  

Thank You
Urakoze  
Ďakujem vám  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
Ako sa máte?  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
Dobrú noc  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
Dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
Dobré popoludnie  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
Dobré ráno  

Please
Ndagusavye  
Prosím  

Sorry
Not available  
Pardón!  

Bye
N’agasaga  
Dovidenia  

I Love You
Not available  
Ľúbim Ťa  

Excuse Me
Not available  
Prepáčte!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Ha  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
25
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
24
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million  
99+
5.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
5.20 million  
99+

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
slovenčina  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Slovakian, Slovencina  

French Name
rundi  
slovaque  

German Name
Kirundi  
Slowakisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Slovaks  

History

Origin
1500  
6th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Slavic  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Slovak  

Language Position
86  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
sk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
slk  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
slo  

ISO 639 3
run  
slk  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
rund1242  
slov1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-db  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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Kirundi and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Kirundi vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Kirundi and Slovak language. History of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500 whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Slovak Language History.

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

Kirundi vs Slovak Difficulty

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

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