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Kashmiri vs Afrikaans


Afrikaans vs Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
44  
24
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17  
14
15  
12

How Many Consonants
27  
17
17  
7

Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.42 million  
99+
7.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
10.30 million  
22

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  

History

Origin
12th Century  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Germanic  

Branch
Indic  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

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  

Code

ISO 639 1
ks  
af  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas  
afr  

ISO 639 2/B
kas  
afr  

ISO 639 3
kas  
afr  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
afrs  

Glottocode
kash1277  
afri1274  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ACB-ba  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic  

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Kashmiri and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of Kashmiri vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of Kashmiri and Afrikaans language. History of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th Century whereas history of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Kashmiri and Afrikaans Language History.

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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.

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