Home
Languagevs


Cantonese vs Kashmiri


Kashmiri vs Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
China, Guangdong  
India, Pakistan  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Hawaii  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language  
Hindi and Urdu Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
17  
14

How Many Consonants
20  
10
27  
17

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10  
8
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
您好  
Assalām ‘alaikum  

Thank You
谢谢  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  

How Are You?
你好吗?  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  

Good Night
晚安  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  

Good Evening
晚上好  
Not Available  

Good Afternoon
下午好  
Hach t'ochoktiya  

Good Morning
早上好  
Hach ch'i  

Please
请  
Not Available  

Sorry
遗憾  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  

Bye
再见  
Khuda hāfiz  

I Love You
我爱你  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  

Excuse Me
原谅我  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou  
Kashtawari  

Where They Speak
outside mainland China  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  

Dialect 2
Xiguan  
Poguli  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Pogul and Paristan valleys  

Dialect 3
Hong Kong  
Rambani  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
India  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
5.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
Not Available  

Native Speakers
52.00 million  
21
5.42 million  
99+

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  

French Name
Not Available  
kashmiri  

German Name
Not Available  
Kaschmiri  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[kəːʃur]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Kashmiris or koshur  

History

Origin
17th century  
12th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese  
Kashmiri  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ks  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
kas  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
kas  

ISO 639 3
No data available  
kas  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
cant1236  
kash1277  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Countries >>
<< All

Cantonese and Kashmiri Language History

Comparison of Cantonese vs Kashmiri language history gives us differences between origin of Cantonese and Kashmiri language. History of Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Kashmiri Language History.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

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

Cantonese vs Kashmiri Difficulty

The Cantonese vs Kashmiri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Kashmiri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Kashmiri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Kashmiri time required is 44 weeks.

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages