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Kirundi vs Spanish


Spanish vs Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
46  
1

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
Spain  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

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

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

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.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
French Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
22  
12

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  
hola  

Thank You
Urakoze  
Gracias  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
Buenos Días  

Please
Ndagusavye  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Not available  
triste  

Bye
N’agasaga  
adiós  

I Love You
Not available  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
Not available  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
105,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Ha  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
25
11,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
24
3,900,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million  
99+
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
Español  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
rundi  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Kirundi  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1500  
210 BC  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
86  
99+
2  
2

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
spa  

ISO 639 3
run  
spa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
rund1242  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Kirundi and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Kirundi vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Kirundi and Spanish language. History of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500 whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Kirundi vs Spanish Difficulty

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

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