Countries
South Africa
  
India, Pakistan
  
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 in
Xhosa-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
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
5.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.