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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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