Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
  
India, Pakistan
  
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 in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
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
  
  
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
5.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.