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Kirundi vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
1  
14

National Language
Spain  
Burundi, Gambia  

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • 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 Language  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
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
hola  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
Gracias  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
Mwaramutse  

Please
Por Favor  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
triste  
Not available  

Bye
adiós  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
Not available  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
Not available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
5
20,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
8
990,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
9
153,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
Not Available  

Native Name
Español  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Not Available  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
rundi  

German Name
Spanisch  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
210 BC  
1500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Kirundi  

Language Position
2  
2
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
run  

ISO 639 3
spa  
run  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1288  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Spanish and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Kirundi language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC 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 Spanish and Kirundi Language History.

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

Spanish vs Kirundi Difficulty

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

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