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Romanian vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
Burma   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

National Language
Moldova, Romania   
Burundi, Gambia   

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   
Kinyarwanda Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
alo   
Bwakeye   

Thank You
multumesc   
Urakoze   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
Urakomeye?   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
Ijoro ryiza   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
Mwiriwe   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
Mwiriwe   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
Mwaramutse   

Please
Vă Rog   
Ndagusavye   

Sorry
scuze   
Not available   

Bye
La revedere   
N’agasaga   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
Not available   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Rwanda-Rundi   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Ha   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
990,000.00   
25

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Shubi   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
153,000.00   
24

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
8.80 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
8.80 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
Not Available   

Native Name
Română   
íkiRǔndi   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Not Available   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
rundi   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Kirundi   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   

History

Origin
1521   
1500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Kirundi   

Language Position
36   
28
86   
99+

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
rn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
run   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
run   

ISO 639 3
ron   
run   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
rund1242   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Romanian and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Kirundi language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 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 Romanian and Kirundi Language History.

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

Romanian vs Kirundi Difficulty

The Romanian vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian 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 Romanian and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is Not Available.

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