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Kirundi vs Zulu


Zulu vs Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
South Africa  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Africa  

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

Regulated By
Not Available  
Pan South African Language Board  

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.
  
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Xhosa Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
19  
9
50  
35

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye  
Sawubona  

Thank You
Urakoze  
Ngiyabonga  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
unjani  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
okuhle ebusuku  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
okuhle kusihlwa  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
okuhle ntambama  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
okuhle ekuseni  

Please
Ndagusavye  
Ngiyacela  

Sorry
Not available  
Ngiyaxolisa  

Bye
N’agasaga  
bye  

I Love You
Not available  
Ngiyakuthanda wena  

Excuse Me
Not available  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Qwabe  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
Gabon, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Ha  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Georgia, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
25
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
24
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.16 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
16.00 million  
17

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
isiZulu  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Isizulu, Zunda  

French Name
rundi  
zoulou  

German Name
Kirundi  
Zulu-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Zulu people  

History

Origin
1500  
19  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Not Available  
Beatu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
urban Zulu  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Deep Zulu  

Language Position
86  
99+
87  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
zu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
zul  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
zul  

ISO 639 3
run  
zul  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
rund1242  
zulu1248  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUT-fg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Kirundi and Zulu Language History

Comparison of Kirundi vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Kirundi and Zulu language. History of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500 whereas history of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19. 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 Zulu Language History.

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

Kirundi vs Zulu Difficulty

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

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