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Kashmiri vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
India, Pakistan  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Middle East  

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.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17  
14
8  
5

How Many Consonants
27  
17
29  
19

Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum  
Silaw  

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  
Sipas  

How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
Not Available  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
Hach ch'i  
Bayanit bash  

Please
Not Available  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  
Bibûre  

Bye
Khuda hāfiz  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
20,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 2
Poguli  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
5,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Rambani  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
India  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.60 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.31 %  
39

Native Speakers
5.42 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

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

French Name
kashmiri  
kurde  

German Name
Kaschmiri  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur  
Kurds  

History

Origin
12th Century  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Kashmiri  
Kurdish  

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ks  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
kas  
kur  

ISO 639 3
kas  
kur  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kash1277  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Kashmiri and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Kashmiri vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Kashmiri and Kurdish language. History of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th Century whereas history of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE. 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 Kurdish Language History.

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

Kashmiri vs Kurdish Difficulty

The Kashmiri vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri Alphabets and Kurdish 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 Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.

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