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Afrikaans and Kashmiri


Kashmiri and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
South Africa  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
  • 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
Dutch Language  
Hindi and Urdu Languages  

Derived From
Dutch Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
17  
14

How Many Consonants
17  
7
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Assalām ‘alaikum  

Thank You
Dankie  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  

Good Night
goeie nag  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  

Good Evening
Goeienaand  
Not Available  

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag  
Hach t'ochoktiya  

Good Morning
goeie more  
Hach ch'i  

Please
asseblief  
Not Available  

Sorry
jammer  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  

Bye
Not Available  
Khuda hāfiz  

I Love You
Ek het jou lief  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  

Excuse Me
Verskoon my  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans  
Kashtawari  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans  
Poguli  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Pogul and Paristan valleys  

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans  
Rambani  

Where They Speak
Namibia  
India  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
7.10 million  
99+
5.42 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million  
22
Not Available  

Native Name
Afrikaans  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  

French Name
afrikaans  
kashmiri  

German Name
Afrikaans  
Kaschmiri  

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  
[kəːʃur]  

Ethnicity
Afrikaners  
Kashmiris or koshur  

History

Origin
17th Century  
12th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Western  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans  
Kashmiri  

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
af  
ks  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr  
kas  

ISO 639 2/B
afr  
kas  

ISO 639 3
afr  
kas  

ISO 639 6
afrs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
afri1274  
kash1277  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Not Available  

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All Afrikaans and Kashmiri Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Kashmiri dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Kashmiri language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Kashmiri Dialects are spoken in different Kashmiri speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Kashmiri Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Kashmiri dialects include: Kashtawari , Poguli. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Afrikaans and Kashmiri Speaking population

Afrikaans and Kashmiri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Kashmiri languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Kashmiri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Kashmiri language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Kashmiri on Afrikaans vs Kashmiri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Kashmiri Language Codes

Afrikaans and Kashmiri language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Kashmiri Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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