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Kashmiri vs Xhosa


Xhosa vs Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
India, Pakistan   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Lesotho, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Botswana, Lesotho   

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.
  
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17   
14
10   
7

How Many Consonants
27   
17
43   
32

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum   
Molo   

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)   
Ndiyabulela   

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

Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)   
Ulale kakuhle   

Good Evening
Not Available   
Ubusuku obuhle   

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya   
Uben' emva kwemini entle   

Good Morning
Hach ch'i   
Molo   

Please
Not Available   
Ndicela   

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)   
Ndicela uxolo   

Bye
Khuda hāfiz   
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   

I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan   
Ndiyakuthanda   

Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari   
Gcaleka   

Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India   
South Africa   

Dialect 2
Poguli   
Thembu   

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys   
South Africa   

Dialect 3
Rambani   
Hlubi   

Where They Speak
India   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.60 million   
99+
20.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
5.42 million   
99+
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر   
isiXhosa   

Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur   
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   

French Name
kashmiri   
xhosa   

German Name
Kaschmiri   
Xhosa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur   
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   

History

Origin
12th Century   
16th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Indic   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kashmiri   
isiXhosa   

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ks   
xh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas   
xho   

ISO 639 2/B
kas   
xho   

ISO 639 3
kas   
xho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kash1277   
xhos1239   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUT-fa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Kashmiri and Xhosa Language History

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

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

Kashmiri vs Xhosa Difficulty

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

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