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
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.