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Welsh vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Wales  
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
Argentina, United Kingdom  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
  • 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
English Language  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
British Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Helô  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
Diolch  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
Nos da  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
Bore da  
Mwaramutse  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
Not available  

Bye
Hwyl  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
Not available  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
Not available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
990,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Powys  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
153,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
8.80 million  
99+

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Cymraeg  
Not Available  

French Name
gallois  
rundi  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Not Available  

Branch
Brythonic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Kirundi  

Language Position
Not Available  
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
run  

ISO 639 3
cym  
run  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
wels1247  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
50-ABA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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Welsh and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Kirundi language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century 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 Welsh and Kirundi Language History.

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

Welsh vs Kirundi Difficulty

The Welsh vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh 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 Welsh and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is Not Available.

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