Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Zimbabwe
  
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 in
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.