Countries
Vietnam
  
Burma
  
National Language
Vietnam
  
Burundi, Gambia
  
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
- 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
Chinese Language
  
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Derived From
Chinese Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Xin chào
  
Bwakeye
  
Thank You
Cam on
  
Urakoze
  
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Urakomeye?
  
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Ijoro ryiza
  
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
  
Mwaramutse
  
Please
xin vui lòng
  
Ndagusavye
  
Sorry
Xin lỗi
  
Not available
  
Bye
Tạm biệt
  
N’agasaga
  
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
Xin loi
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
  
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
  
Ha
  
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Shubi
  
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million
  
16
8.80 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
8.80 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
Not Available
  
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
íkiRǔndi
  
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
Not Available
  
French Name
vietnamien
  
rundi
  
German Name
Vietnamesisch
  
Kirundi
  
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Origin
c. 1440
  
1500
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
  
Kirundi
  
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
vi
  
rn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
vie
  
run
  
ISO 639 2/B
vie
  
run
  
ISO 639 3
vie
  
run
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
viet1252
  
rund1242
  
Linguasphere
46-EBA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese and Kirundi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Kirundi language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Kirundi word for "Thank You" is Urakoze. Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Kirundi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Vietnamese vs Kirundi Difficulty
The Vietnamese vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is Not Available.