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Kashmiri vs Chinese


Chinese vs Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
India, Pakistan  
China, Taiwan  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17  
14
24  
19

How Many Consonants
27  
17
23  
13

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
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

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

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

Good Evening
Not Available  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
Hach ch'i  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
Not Available  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
Khuda hāfiz  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Poguli  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
80,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Rambani  
Yue  

Where They Speak
India  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
60,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.60 million  
99+
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
Not Available  
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
5.42 million  
99+
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  
Not Available  

French Name
kashmiri  
chinois  

German Name
Kaschmiri  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur  
Han  

History

Origin
12th Century  
1250 BC  

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 Chinese  

Language Position
Not Available  
1  
1

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ks  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
kas  
chi  

ISO 639 3
kas  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kash1277  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Kashmiri and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Kashmiri vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Kashmiri and Chinese language. History of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th Century whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. 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 Chinese Language History.

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

Kashmiri vs Chinese Difficulty

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

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