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Yoruba vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nigeria  
Burundi, Gambia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
  • 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
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
e dupe  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
Mwaramutse  

Please
Jowo  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
binu  
Not available  

Bye
bye  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Not available  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
Not available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
20,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 2
Ede  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
27
990,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
34
153,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
8.80 million  
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Not Available  

French Name
yoruba  
rundi  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
4 BC  
1500  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Kwa  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Kirundi  

Language Position
49  
36
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
run  

ISO 639 3
yor  
run  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
No data available  
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  

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Yoruba and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Kirundi language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC 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 Yoruba and Kirundi Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Kirundi Difficulty

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

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