Countries
Norway
  
Burma
  
National Language
Norway
  
Burundi, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
  
Africa, Asia
  
Minority Language
Nynorsk
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
- 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
Swedish and Danish Languages
  
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
hallo
  
Bwakeye
  
Thank You
takk
  
Urakoze
  
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
  
Urakomeye?
  
Good Night
god natt
  
Ijoro ryiza
  
Good Evening
god kveld
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Morning
god morgen
  
Mwaramutse
  
Please
Vær så snill
  
Ndagusavye
  
Sorry
unnskyld
  
Not available
  
Bye
ha det
  
N’agasaga
  
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
  
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Sognamål
  
Ha
  
Where They Speak
Sogn
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Shubi
  
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.00 million
  
99+
8.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.00 million
  
99+
8.80 million
  
99+
Native Name
Norsk
  
íkiRǔndi
  
Alternative Names
Norsk
  
Not Available
  
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
  
rundi
  
German Name
Nynorsk
  
Kirundi
  
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Norwegians
  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Origin
c. 1300 AD
  
1500
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
  
Kirundi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
no
  
rn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nor
  
run
  
ISO 639 2/B
nor
  
run
  
ISO 639 3
nor
  
run
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
norw1258
  
rund1242
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Norwegian 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 Norwegian and Kirundi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Norwegian and Kirundi language. Norwegian word for "Hello" is hallo or Kirundi word for "Thank You" is Urakoze. Find more of such common Norwegian Greetings and Kirundi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Norwegian vs Kirundi Difficulty
The Norwegian vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Norwegian 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 Norwegian and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Norwegian and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Norwegian is 24 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is Not Available.