Countries
South Africa
  
India, Pakistan
  
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 in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.