Countries
Zimbabwe
  
India, Pakistan
  
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 in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
5.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.