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Afrikaans vs Kashmiri


Kashmiri vs 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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Afrikaans and Kashmiri Language History

Comparison of Afrikaans vs Kashmiri language history gives us differences between origin of Afrikaans and Kashmiri language. History of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century 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 Afrikaans and Kashmiri Language History.

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

Afrikaans vs Kashmiri Difficulty

The Afrikaans vs Kashmiri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Kashmiri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Kashmiri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Kashmiri time required is 44 weeks.

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