Countries
India, Pakistan
  
South Africa
  
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 in
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million
  
99+
20.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.