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Shona vs Kashmiri


Kashmiri vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   
India, Pakistan   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language   
Hindi and Urdu Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available   
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
17   
14

How Many Consonants
46   
34
27   
17

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro   
Assalām ‘alaikum   

Thank You
Waita zvako   
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)   

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

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

Good Evening
Manheru   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
Masikati   
Hach t'ochoktiya   

Good Morning
Mangwanani   
Hach ch'i   

Please
Ndinokumbirawo   
Not Available   

Sorry
Ndineurombo   
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)   

Bye
bye   
Khuda hāfiz   

I Love You
Ndinokuda   
be chus che seth mohabat karaan   

Excuse Me
Pamusoro   
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa   
Kashtawari   

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

Dialect 2
Karanga   
Poguli   

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe   
Pogul and Paristan valleys   

Dialect 3
Zezuru   
Rambani   

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.30 million   
99+
5.42 million   
99+

Native Name
Not Available   
कॉशुर / كٲشُر   

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

French Name
shona   
kashmiri   

German Name
Schona-Sprache   
Kaschmiri   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[kəːʃur]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Kashmiris or koshur   

History

Origin
20th century   
12th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Bantu   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Kashmiri   

Language Position
107   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sn   
ks   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna   
kas   

ISO 639 2/B
sna   
kas   

ISO 639 3
sna   
kas   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
core1255   
kash1277   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Shona and Kashmiri Language History

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

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Shona and Kashmiri 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 Shona and Kashmiri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Kashmiri language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Kashmiri word for "Thank You" is शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya). Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Kashmiri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Shona vs Kashmiri Difficulty

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

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