Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Ethiopia
  
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
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Selam
  
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
Not Available
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
  
tschao
  
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
Gondar
  
Dialect 2
Poguli
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Ethiopia
  
Dialect 3
Rambani
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million
  
99+
18.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.42 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
kashmiri
  
amharique
  
German Name
Kaschmiri
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Amharas
  
Origin
12th Century
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
  
Amharic
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ks
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kas
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
kas
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
kas
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kash1277
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Kashmiri and Amharic 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 Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kashmiri and Amharic language. Kashmiri word for "Hello" is Assalām ‘alaikum or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Kashmiri Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kashmiri vs Amharic Difficulty
The Kashmiri vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri Alphabets and Amharic 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 Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.