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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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