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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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