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Ukrainian and Kirundi


Kirundi and Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine   
Burma   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Ukraine   
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
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
  • 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
Russian and Belarusian Languages   
Kinyarwanda Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
22   
12
19   
9

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   
Bwakeye   

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   
Urakoze   

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   
Urakomeye?   

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   
Ijoro ryiza   

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   
Mwiriwe   

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   
Mwiriwe   

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   
Mwaramutse   

Please
будь ласк   
Ndagusavye   

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)   
Not available   

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)   
N’agasaga   

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   
Not available   

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian   
Rwanda-Rundi   

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   

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

Dialect 2
Volynian   
Ha   

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
990,000.00   
25

Dialect 3
Steppe   
Shubi   

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
153,000.00   
24

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million   
32
8.80 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.46 %   
30
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
39.00 million   
25
8.80 million   
99+

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   
íkiRǔndi   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
ukrainien   
rundi   

German Name
Ukrainisch   
Kirundi   

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Ukrainians   
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   

History

Origin
1561   
1500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian   
Kirundi   

Language Position
26   
22
86   
99+

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
uk   
rn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr   
run   

ISO 639 2/B
ukr   
run   

ISO 639 3
ukr   
run   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ukra1253   
rund1242   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   
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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All Ukrainian and Kirundi Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Ukrainian and Kirundi dialects. Various dialects of Ukrainian and Kirundi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Ukrainian are spoken in different Ukrainian Speaking Countries whereas Kirundi Dialects are spoken in different Kirundi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Ukrainian vs Kirundi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Ukrainian dialects include: Podillian, Volynian. Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi , Ha. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Ukrainian and Kirundi Speaking population

Ukrainian and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ukrainian and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Ukrainian and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Ukrainian and Kirundi on Ukrainian vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Ukrainian and Kirundi Language Codes

Ukrainian and Kirundi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Ukrainian and Kirundi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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