Countries
Burma
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Filipinos
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Asia, Australia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
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 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Baybayin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Bwakeye
  
Kamusta
  
Thank You
Urakoze
  
Salamat po
  
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
  
Kamusta ka na?
  
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
  
Magandang gabi po
  
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
  
Magandang hapon po
  
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
  
Magandang umaga po
  
Please
Ndagusavye
  
pakiusap
  
Sorry
Not available
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
N’agasaga
  
Paálam
  
I Love You
Not available
  
Iniibig kita
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Batangas Tagalog
  
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
Batangas, Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ha
  
Bisalog
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Filipino
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
73.00 million
  
24
Native Speakers
8.80 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
  
Tagalog
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Filipino, Pilipino
  
French Name
rundi
  
tagalog
  
German Name
Kirundi
  
Tagalog
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Tagalog people
  
Origin
1500
  
1593
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Standard Forms
Kirundi
  
Filipino
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
rn
  
t1
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
run
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 2/B
run
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 3
run
  
tg1
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
rund1242
  
taga1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
31-CKA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Kirundi and Tagalog 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 Tagalog greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kirundi and Tagalog language. Kirundi word for "Hello" is Bwakeye or Tagalog word for "Thank You" is Salamat po. Find more of such common Kirundi Greetings and Tagalog Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kirundi vs Tagalog Difficulty
The Kirundi vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and Tagalog 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 Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is Not Available while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.