Countries
Burma
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
  
Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
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.
  
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Alphabets in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Bwakeye
  
خوش آمديد
  
Thank You
Urakoze
  
آپ کا شکریہ
  
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
  
گڈ نائٹ
  
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
  
سلام علیکم
  
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
  
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
  
گڈ مارننگ
  
Please
Ndagusavye
  
براہ مہربانی
  
Sorry
Not available
  
معاف کرنا
  
Bye
N’agasaga
  
الوداع
  
I Love You
Not available
  
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Dakhini
  
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
11,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 2
Ha
  
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Rekhta
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
South Asia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
104.00 million
  
15
Native Speakers
8.80 million
  
99+
61.00 million
  
19
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
43.00 million
  
14
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
  
اُردُو
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Bihari
  
French Name
rundi
  
ourdou
  
German Name
Kirundi
  
Urdu
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1500
  
12th Century CE
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kirundi
  
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Urdu
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
rn
  
ur
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
run
  
urd
  
ISO 639 2/B
run
  
urd
  
ISO 639 3
run
  
urd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
rund1242
  
urdu1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Kirundi and Urdu 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 Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kirundi and Urdu language. Kirundi word for "Hello" is Bwakeye or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common Kirundi Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kirundi vs Urdu Difficulty
The Kirundi vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and Urdu 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 Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is Not Available while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.