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Serbian vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Burundi, Gambia  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
19  
9

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
Mwaramutse  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
Not available  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
Not available  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Not available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

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

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
990,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
17
153,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million  
99+
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
8.80 million  
99+

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Not Available  

French Name
serbe  
rundi  

German Name
Serbisch  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
11th Century  
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
Standard Serbian  
Kirundi  

Language Position
44  
33
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
run  

ISO 639 3
srp  
run  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
serb1264  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Serbian and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Kirundi language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century 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 Serbian and Kirundi Language History.

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

Serbian vs Kirundi Difficulty

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

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