Countries
Ukraine
  
Burma
  
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 in
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Dialect 3
Steppe
  
Shubi
  
Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million
  
32
8.80 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
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
  
Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian and Kirundi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ukrainian and Kirundi language. Ukrainian word for "Hello" is Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte) or Kirundi word for "Thank You" is Urakoze. Find more of such common Ukrainian Greetings and Kirundi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Ukrainian vs Kirundi Difficulty
The Ukrainian vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ukrainian and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ukrainian is 44 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is Not Available.