Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Ghana
  
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
  
Benin, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Akan Orthography 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.
  
- Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
- Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
  
Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Akan-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
  
ete-sen
  
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
meda ase
  
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
maadwo
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
maadwo
  
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
maaha
  
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
  
maakye
  
Please
Not Available
  
wae
  
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
Kafra
  
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
  
bye
  
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Me doכ wo
  
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
  
Asante
  
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
9,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 2
Poguli
  
Akuapem
  
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
9,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 3
Rambani
  
Fante
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.42 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
Akan
  
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
Not Available
  
French Name
kashmiri
  
akan
  
German Name
Kaschmiri
  
Akan-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Akan people
  
Origin
12th Century
  
15
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
  
Akan
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ks
  
ak
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kas
  
aka
  
ISO 639 2/B
kas
  
aka
  
ISO 639 3
kas
  
aka
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kash1277
  
akan1251
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Kashmiri and Akan 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 Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kashmiri and Akan language. Kashmiri word for "Hello" is Assalām ‘alaikum or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common Kashmiri Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kashmiri vs Akan Difficulty
The Kashmiri vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri Alphabets and Akan 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 Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.