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Kashmiri and Shona


Shona and Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
India, Pakistan   
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages   
Kalanga and Nambya Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17   
14
5   
2

How Many Consonants
27   
17
46   
34

Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum   
Mhoro   

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)   
Waita zvako   

How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)   
Wakadini zvako?   

Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)   
Urare zvakanaka   

Good Evening
Not Available   
Manheru   

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya   
Masikati   

Good Morning
Hach ch'i   
Mangwanani   

Please
Not Available   
Ndinokumbirawo   

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)   
Ndineurombo   

Bye
Khuda hāfiz   
bye   

I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan   
Ndinokuda   

Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)   
Pamusoro   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari   
Hwesa   

Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India   
Zimbabwe   

Dialect 2
Poguli   
Karanga   

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys   
southern Zimbabwe   

Dialect 3
Rambani   
Zezuru   

Where They Speak
India   
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.60 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
5.42 million   
99+
8.30 million   
99+

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur   
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   

French Name
kashmiri   
shona   

German Name
Kaschmiri   
Schona-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur   
Not Available   

History

Origin
12th Century   
20th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Indic   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Kashmiri   
Not Available   

Language Position
Not Available   
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ks   
sn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas   
sna   

ISO 639 2/B
kas   
sna   

ISO 639 3
kas   
sna   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kash1277   
core1255   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUT-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Kashmiri and Shona 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 Kashmiri and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Kashmiri and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kashmiri are spoken in different Kashmiri Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kashmiri vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kashmiri dialects include: Kashtawari, Poguli. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Kashmiri and Shona Speaking population

Kashmiri and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kashmiri and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Kashmiri and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kashmiri language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Kashmiri and Shona on Kashmiri vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kashmiri and Shona Language Codes

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

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