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Kashmiri vs Igbo


Igbo vs Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Pakistan  
Nigeria  

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  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

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.
  
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17  
14
8  
5

How Many Consonants
27  
17
28  
18

Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
52 weeks  
12

Greetings

Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum  
kedụ  

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  
dalụ  

How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
Not Available  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
Hach ch'i  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
Not Available  
Biko  

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  
Ndo  

Bye
Khuda hāfiz  
Not Available  

I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  
Nigeria  

Dialect 2
Poguli  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Rambani  
Not present  

Where They Speak
India  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.60 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.42 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  
Ibo  

French Name
kashmiri  
igbo  

German Name
Kaschmiri  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
12th Century  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Kwa  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kashmiri  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
Not Available  
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ks  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
kas  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
kas  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kash1277  
nucl1417  

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  
Agglutinative  

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Kashmiri and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Kashmiri vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Kashmiri and Igbo language. History of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th Century whereas history of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century 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 Igbo Language History.

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

Kashmiri vs Igbo Difficulty

The Kashmiri vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri Alphabets and Igbo 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 Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.

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