Countries
Burma
  
Ukraine
  
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
  
Ukraine
  
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
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
  
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.
  
- Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
- Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Russian and Belarusian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Bwakeye
  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
  
Thank You
Urakoze
  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
  
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
  
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
  
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
  
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
  
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
  
Please
Ndagusavye
  
будь ласк
  
Sorry
Not available
  
вибачте (vybachte)
  
Bye
N’agasaga
  
до побачення (do pobachennya)
  
I Love You
Not available
  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
  
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Podillian
  
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ha
  
Volynian
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Rivne, Volyn
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Steppe
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
39.00 million
  
32
Native Speakers
8.80 million
  
99+
39.00 million
  
25
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
French Name
rundi
  
ukrainien
  
German Name
Kirundi
  
Ukrainisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
  
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Ukrainians
  
Origin
1500
  
1561
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
  
Standard Forms
Kirundi
  
Modern Ukrainian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Ukrainian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
rn
  
uk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
run
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 2/B
run
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 3
run
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
rund1242
  
ukra1253
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Kirundi and Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kirundi and Ukrainian language. Kirundi word for "Hello" is Bwakeye or Ukrainian word for "Thank You" is Дякую (Dyakuyu). Find more of such common Kirundi Greetings and Ukrainian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kirundi vs Ukrainian Difficulty
The Kirundi vs Ukrainian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and Ukrainian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is Not Available while to learn Ukrainian time required is 44 weeks.