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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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