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Abkhaz vs Kashmiri


Kashmiri vs Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Abkhazia   
India, Pakistan   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
  • Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
  • Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language   
Hindi and Urdu Languages   

Derived From
Caucasian languages   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
62   
36
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2   
1
17   
14

How Many Consonants
60   
36
27   
17

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks   
8
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   
Assalām ‘alaikum   

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)   

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)   

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)   

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
Hach t'ochoktiya   

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)   
Hach ch'i   

Please
Not Available   
Not Available   

Sorry
Not Available   
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)   

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   
Khuda hāfiz   

I Love You
Not available   
be chus che seth mohabat karaan   

Excuse Me
Not available   
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb   
Kashtawari   

Where They Speak
Abkhazia   
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India   

Dialect 2
Abzhywa   
Poguli   

Where They Speak
Caucasus   
Pogul and Paristan valleys   

Dialect 3
Sadz   
Rambani   

Where They Speak
Turkey   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.13 million   
99+
5.60 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.13 million   
99+
5.42 million   
99+

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   
कॉशुर / كٲشُر   

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian   
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur   

French Name
abkhaze   
kashmiri   

German Name
Abchasisch   
Kaschmiri   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[kəːʃur]   

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people   
Kashmiris or koshur   

History

Origin
c. 1650   
12th Century   

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Abkhaz   
Kashmiri   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ab   
ks   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk   
kas   

ISO 639 2/B
abk   
kas   

ISO 639 3
abk   
kas   

ISO 639 6
abks   
Not Available   

Glottocode
abkh1244   
kash1277   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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Abkhaz and Kashmiri Language History

Comparison of Abkhaz vs Kashmiri language history gives us differences between origin of Abkhaz and Kashmiri language. History of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650 whereas history of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th Century. 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 Abkhaz and Kashmiri Language History.

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Abkhaz and Kashmiri 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 Abkhaz and Kashmiri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Kashmiri language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Kashmiri word for "Thank You" is शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya). Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Kashmiri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Abkhaz vs Kashmiri Difficulty

The Abkhaz vs Kashmiri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz Alphabets and Kashmiri 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 Abkhaz and Kashmiri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Kashmiri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Kashmiri time required is 44 weeks.

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