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Kirundi vs Turkish


Turkish vs Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
11   
5

National Language
Burundi, Gambia   
Turkey   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Turkish Language Association   

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
19   
9
21   
11

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   
Merhaba   

Thank You
Urakoze   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
Urakomeye?   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
Mwiriwe   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
Mwaramutse   
günaydın   

Please
Ndagusavye   
lütfen   

Sorry
Not available   
üzgünüm   

Bye
N’agasaga   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
Not available   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
Not available   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Ha   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
990,000.00   
25
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Shubi   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
153,000.00   
24
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million   
99+
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
8.80 million   
99+
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
íkiRǔndi   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
rundi   
turc   

German Name
Kirundi   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   
Turkish   

History

Origin
1500   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Kirundi   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
86   
99+
19   
17

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
rn   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
run   
tur   

ISO 639 3
run   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
rund1242   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
No data available   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Kirundi and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Kirundi vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Kirundi and Turkish language. History of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500 whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Kirundi vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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