Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Somalia
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Yemen
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
- 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
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
Hach ch'i
  
Please
Fadlan
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
sorry
  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
Khuda hāfiz
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Kashtawari
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Poguli
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Rambani
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
5.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
5.42 million
  
99+
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
French Name
somali
  
kashmiri
  
German Name
Somali
  
Kaschmiri
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kəːʃur]
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Origin
19th century
  
12th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Kashmiri
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
ks
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
kas
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
kas
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
kas
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
kash1277
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Somali 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 Somali and Kashmiri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Somali and Kashmiri language. Somali word for "Hello" is Hello or Kashmiri word for "Thank You" is शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya). Find more of such common Somali Greetings and Kashmiri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Somali vs Kashmiri Difficulty
The Somali vs Kashmiri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali 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 Somali and Kashmiri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Kashmiri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Kashmiri time required is 44 weeks.