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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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