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Kashmiri and Somali


Somali and Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
India, Pakistan   
Somalia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Middle East   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Yemen   

Regulated By
Not Available   
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   

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.
  
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages   
Afar and Oromo Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17   
14
5   
2

How Many Consonants
27   
17
21   
11

Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script   
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum   
Hello   

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)   
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   

How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)   
Sidee tahay ?   

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

Good Evening
Not Available   
Evening Good   

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya   
galab wanaagsan   

Good Morning
Hach ch'i   
Subax wanaagsan   

Please
Not Available   
Fadlan   

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)   
sorry   

Bye
Khuda hāfiz   
caraysiiyo   

I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan   
Waan ku jeclahay   

Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)   
iga raali ahow   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari   
Northern Somali   

Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India   
Gabon, Standard Somali   

Dialect 2
Poguli   
Benaadir   

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys   
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   

Dialect 3
Rambani   
Af-Ashraaf   

Where They Speak
India   
Standard Somali   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.60 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.42 million   
99+
8.00 million   
99+

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر   
af Soomaali   

Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur   
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   

French Name
kashmiri   
somali   

German Name
Kaschmiri   
Somali   

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur   
Somalis   

History

Origin
12th Century   
19th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Cushitic   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kashmiri   
Somali   

Language Position
Not Available   
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ks   
so   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas   
som   

ISO 639 2/B
kas   
som   

ISO 639 3
kas   
som   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kash1277   
soma1255   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Kashmiri and Somali Speaking population

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

Kashmiri and Somali Language Codes

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

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