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Polish vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland   
Burma   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Poland   
Burundi, Gambia   

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  
  • 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
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   
Kinyarwanda Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
cześć   
Bwakeye   

Thank You
dziękuję   
Urakoze   

How Are You?
Jak się masz?   
Urakomeye?   

Good Night
dobranoc   
Ijoro ryiza   

Good Evening
dobry wieczór   
Mwiriwe   

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry   
Mwiriwe   

Good Morning
Dzień dobry   
Mwaramutse   

Please
proszę   
Ndagusavye   

Sorry
Przepraszam   
Not available   

Bye
do widzenia   
N’agasaga   

I Love You
kocham Cię   
Not available   

Excuse Me
przepraszam   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian   
Rwanda-Rundi   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
99+
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Masovian   
Ha   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
990,000.00   
25

Dialect 3
Silesian   
Shubi   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
510,000.00   
22
153,000.00   
24

Total No. Of Dialects
34   
27
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million   
31
8.80 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
8.80 million   
99+

Native Name
Polski   
íkiRǔndi   

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski   
Not Available   

French Name
polonais   
rundi   

German Name
Polnisch   
Kirundi   

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Poles   
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   

History

Origin
1270   
1500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Polish   
Kirundi   

Language Position
24   
20
86   
99+

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
pl   
rn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol   
run   

ISO 639 2/B
pol   
run   

ISO 639 3
pol   
run   

ISO 639 6
pols   
Not Available   

Glottocode
poli1260   
rund1242   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Polish and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Kirundi language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 whereas history of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500. 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 Polish and Kirundi Language History.

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

Polish vs Kirundi Difficulty

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

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