Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Habari
  
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Thank You
Asante
  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
How Are You?
Habari gani?
  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
Good Night
Usiku mwema
  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
  
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
  
Hach ch'i
  
Please
tafadhali
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
pole
  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
Bye
bye
  
Khuda hāfiz
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
Kashtawari
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
Poguli
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Rambani
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
5.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
5.42 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not Available
  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
French Name
swahili
  
kashmiri
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Kaschmiri
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kəːʃur]
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Origin
6th century
  
12th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Kashmiri
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
ks
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
kas
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
kas
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
kas
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
kash1277
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
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
  
Swahili 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 Swahili and Kashmiri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Kashmiri language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Kashmiri word for "Thank You" is शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya). Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Kashmiri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Kashmiri Difficulty
The Swahili vs Kashmiri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili 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 Swahili and Kashmiri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Kashmiri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Kashmiri time required is 44 weeks.