Countries
India
  
Burma
  
National Language
India
  
Burundi, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Marathi
  
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Namaskar
  
Bwakeye
  
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
  
Urakoze
  
How Are You?
kaso assa?
  
Urakomeye?
  
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
Ijoro ryiza
  
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
Mwaramutse
  
Please
Chike
  
Ndagusavye
  
Sorry
Maf kor
  
Not available
  
Bye
Adeus
  
N’agasaga
  
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Antruz
  
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Where They Speak
Goa
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Ha
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Shubi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
8.80 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
8.80 million
  
99+
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
  
íkiRǔndi
  
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
Not Available
  
French Name
konkani
  
rundi
  
German Name
Konkani
  
Kirundi
  
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Konkanis
  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Origin
1209 A.D.
  
1500
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kokani
  
Kirundi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
rn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kok
  
run
  
ISO 639 2/B
kok
  
run
  
ISO 639 3
kok
  
run
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
goan1235
  
rund1242
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Konkani and Kirundi 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 Konkani and Kirundi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Konkani and Kirundi language. Konkani word for "Hello" is Namaskar or Kirundi word for "Thank You" is Urakoze. Find more of such common Konkani Greetings and Kirundi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Konkani vs Kirundi Difficulty
The Konkani vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Konkani Alphabets and Kirundi 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 Konkani and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Konkani and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Konkani is 4 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is Not Available.