Countries
India, Pakistan
  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
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
  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
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.
  
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Habari
  
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
Asante
  
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
Habari gani?
  
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Usiku mwema
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Habari za jioni
  
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
nzuri Alasiri
  
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
  
Habari za asubuhi
  
Please
Not Available
  
tafadhali
  
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
pole
  
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
  
bye
  
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
nakupenda
  
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
Samahani
  
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
  
Kiunguja
  
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
Zanzibar island
  
Dialect 2
Poguli
  
Kimrima
  
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Dar es Salaam
  
Dialect 3
Rambani
  
Kimgao
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Kilwa
  
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million
  
99+
150.00 million
  
13
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.42 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
French Name
kashmiri
  
swahili
  
German Name
Kaschmiri
  
Swahili
  
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Origin
12th Century
  
6th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Indic
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
  
Swahili
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ks
  
sw
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kas
  
swa
  
ISO 639 2/B
kas
  
swa
  
ISO 639 3
kas
  
swa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kash1277
  
swah1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUS-m
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Kashmiri and Swahili Speaking population
Kashmiri and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kashmiri and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Kashmiri and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kashmiri language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili 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 Swahili on Kashmiri vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kashmiri and Swahili Language Codes
Kashmiri and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kashmiri and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.