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Kashmiri vs Cantonese


Cantonese vs Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Hong Kong, Macau  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
India, Pakistan  
China, Guangdong  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Hawaii  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  

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.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17  
14
8  
5

How Many Consonants
27  
17
20  
10

Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
10  
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum  
您好  

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  
谢谢  

How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  
你好吗?  

Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  
晚安  

Good Evening
Not Available  
晚上好  

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya  
下午好  

Good Morning
Hach ch'i  
早上好  

Please
Not Available  
请  

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  
遗憾  

Bye
Khuda hāfiz  
再见  

I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  
我爱你  

Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  
原谅我  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari  
Guangzhou  

Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  
outside mainland China  

Dialect 2
Poguli  
Xiguan  

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys  
Hong Kong  

Dialect 3
Rambani  
Hong Kong  

Where They Speak
India  
Hong Kong  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.60 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
Not Available  
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
5.42 million  
99+
52.00 million  
21

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  
Kwang Tung Wa  

Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  

French Name
kashmiri  
Not Available  

German Name
Kaschmiri  
Not Available  

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur  
Not Available  

History

Origin
12th Century  
17th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kashmiri  
Standard Cantonese  

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
ks  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
kas  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
kas  
No data available  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kash1277  
cant1236  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Kashmiri and Cantonese Language History

Comparison of Kashmiri vs Cantonese language history gives us differences between origin of Kashmiri and Cantonese language. History of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th Century whereas history of Cantonese 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 Cantonese Language History.

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Kashmiri and Cantonese 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 Cantonese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kashmiri and Cantonese language. Kashmiri word for "Hello" is Assalām ‘alaikum or Cantonese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢. Find more of such common Kashmiri Greetings and Cantonese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Kashmiri vs Cantonese Difficulty

The Kashmiri vs Cantonese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri Alphabets and Cantonese 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 Cantonese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Cantonese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Cantonese time required is 88 weeks.

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