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Somali vs Kashmiri


Kashmiri vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
26   
8
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
17   
14

How Many Consonants
21   
11
27   
17

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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
83   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Somali and Kashmiri Language History

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

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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.

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