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Kashmiri vs Zulu


Zulu 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   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Pan South African Language Board   

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 meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17   
14
7   
4

How Many Consonants
27   
17
50   
35

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   
Sawubona   

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)   
Ngiyabonga   

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

Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
Not Available   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
Hach ch'i   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
Not Available   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
Khuda hāfiz   
bye   

I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari   
Qwabe   

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

Dialect 2
Poguli   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys   
Georgia, South Africa   

Dialect 3
Rambani   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
India   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.60 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
5.42 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
kashmiri   
zoulou   

German Name
Kaschmiri   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
12th Century   
19   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Indic   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Kashmiri   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
Not Available   
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ks   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
kas   
zul   

ISO 639 3
kas   
zul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kash1277   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUT-fg   

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 Zulu Language History

Comparison of Kashmiri vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Kashmiri and Zulu language. History of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th Century whereas history of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19. 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 Zulu Language History.

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

Kashmiri vs Zulu Difficulty

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

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