Countries
Burma
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Alphabets in
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Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Bwakeye
  
Molo
  
Thank You
Urakoze
  
Ndiyabulela
  
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
  
Unjani
  
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
  
Ulale kakuhle
  
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
  
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
  
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
  
Molo
  
Please
Ndagusavye
  
Ndicela
  
Sorry
Not available
  
Ndicela uxolo
  
Bye
N’agasaga
  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
I Love You
Not available
  
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Gcaleka
  
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ha
  
Thembu
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Hlubi
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
20.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
8.80 million
  
99+
8.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
  
isiXhosa
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
French Name
rundi
  
xhosa
  
German Name
Kirundi
  
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Origin
1500
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kirundi
  
isiXhosa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Xhosa
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
rn
  
xh
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
run
  
xho
  
ISO 639 2/B
run
  
xho
  
ISO 639 3
run
  
xho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
rund1242
  
xhos1239
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUT-fa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Kirundi and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kirundi and Xhosa language. Kirundi word for "Hello" is Bwakeye or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common Kirundi Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kirundi vs Xhosa Difficulty
The Kirundi vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and Xhosa 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 Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is Not Available while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.