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Xhosa and Kashmiri


Kashmiri and Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
South Africa  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
  • 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  
Hindi and Urdu Languages  

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
17  
14

How Many Consonants
43  
32
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Molo  
Assalām ‘alaikum  

Thank You
Ndiyabulela  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  

How Are You?
Unjani  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle  
Not Available  

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle  
Hach t'ochoktiya  

Good Morning
Molo  
Hach ch'i  

Please
Ndicela  
Not Available  

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  
Khuda hāfiz  

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka  
Kashtawari  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  

Dialect 2
Thembu  
Poguli  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Pogul and Paristan valleys  

Dialect 3
Hlubi  
Rambani  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
India  

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million  
99+
5.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
5.42 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
21
Not Available  

Native Name
isiXhosa  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  

French Name
xhosa  
kashmiri  

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache  
Kaschmiri  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[kəːʃur]  

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  
Kashmiris or koshur  

History

Origin
16th 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
isiXhosa  
Kashmiri  

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
xh  
ks  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho  
kas  

ISO 639 2/B
xho  
kas  

ISO 639 3
xho  
kas  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
xhos1239  
kash1277  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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All Xhosa and Kashmiri Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Xhosa and Kashmiri dialects. Various dialects of Xhosa and Kashmiri language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Xhosa are spoken in different Xhosa Speaking Countries whereas Kashmiri Dialects are spoken in different Kashmiri speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Xhosa vs Kashmiri Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka, Thembu. Kashmiri dialects include: Kashtawari , Poguli. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Xhosa and Kashmiri Speaking population

Xhosa and Kashmiri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Kashmiri languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Kashmiri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kashmiri language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Xhosa and Kashmiri on Xhosa vs Kashmiri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Kashmiri Language Codes

Xhosa and Kashmiri language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Xhosa and Kashmiri Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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