Countries
India, Pakistan
South Africa
National Language
India, Pakistan
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Not Available
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
hallo
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
Dankie
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
goeie nag
Good Evening
Not Available
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
goeie more
Please
Not Available
asseblief
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
jammer
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
Not Available
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
Not Available
Dialect 2
Poguli
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
Not Available
Dialect 3
Rambani
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
India
Namibia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
Cape Dutch
French Name
kashmiri
afrikaans
German Name
Kaschmiri
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
Afrikaners
Origin
12th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
kash1277
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic
Kashmiri and Afrikaans 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 Kashmiri and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kashmiri and Afrikaans language. Kashmiri word for "Hello" is Assalām ‘alaikum or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Kashmiri Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kashmiri vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Kashmiri vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri Alphabets and Afrikaans 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 Kashmiri and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.