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Kashmiri vs Shona


Shona vs Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Pakistan  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  

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  
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.
  
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages  
Kalanga and Nambya Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
Not Available  

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17  
14
5  
2

How Many Consonants
27  
17
46  
34

Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum  
Mhoro  

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  
Waita zvako  

How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  
Wakadini zvako?  

Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  
Urare zvakanaka  

Good Evening
Not Available  
Manheru  

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya  
Masikati  

Good Morning
Hach ch'i  
Mangwanani  

Please
Not Available  
Ndinokumbirawo  

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  
Ndineurombo  

Bye
Khuda hāfiz  
bye  

I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  
Ndinokuda  

Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  
Pamusoro  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari  
Hwesa  

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

Dialect 2
Poguli  
Karanga  

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys  
southern Zimbabwe  

Dialect 3
Rambani  
Zezuru  

Where They Speak
India  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.42 million  
99+
8.30 million  
99+

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  

French Name
kashmiri  
shona  

German Name
Kaschmiri  
Schona-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur  
Not Available  

History

Origin
12th Century  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Indic  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Kashmiri  
Not Available  

Language Position
Not Available  
107  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ks  
sn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas  
sna  

ISO 639 2/B
kas  
sna  

ISO 639 3
kas  
sna  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kash1277  
core1255  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUT-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Kashmiri and Shona Language History

Comparison of Kashmiri vs Shona language history gives us differences between origin of Kashmiri and Shona language. History of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th Century whereas history of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century. 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 Shona Language History.

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

Kashmiri vs Shona Difficulty

The Kashmiri vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri Alphabets and Shona 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 Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.

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