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Urdu vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Pakistan  
Burundi, Gambia  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
40  
29
19  
9

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
Mwaramutse  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
Not available  

Bye
الوداع  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
Not available  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
Not available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
India  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
12
20,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Ha  

Where They Speak
India  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
990,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
153,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
14
Not Available  

Native Name
اُردُو  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Not Available  

French Name
ourdou  
rundi  

German Name
Urdu  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
1500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Kirundi  

Language Position
20  
18
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
run  

ISO 639 3
urd  
run  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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Urdu and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Kirundi language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE 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 Urdu and Kirundi Language History.

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

Urdu vs Kirundi Difficulty

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

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