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Xhosa vs Kashmiri


Kashmiri vs 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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Xhosa and Kashmiri Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Kashmiri language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Kashmiri language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Xhosa and Kashmiri Language History.

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Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Kashmiri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Kashmiri language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Kashmiri word for "Thank You" is शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya). Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Kashmiri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Xhosa vs Kashmiri Difficulty

The Xhosa vs Kashmiri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Kashmiri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Kashmiri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Kashmiri time required is 44 weeks.

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