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Zulu and Kashmiri


Kashmiri and Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
South Africa   
India, Pakistan   

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   
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
Pan South African Language Board   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  
  • 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
Xhosa Language   
Hindi and Urdu Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57   
34
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
17   
14

How Many Consonants
50   
35
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
Sawubona   
Assalām ‘alaikum   

Thank You
Ngiyabonga   
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)   

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

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku   
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)   

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama   
Hach t'ochoktiya   

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni   
Hach ch'i   

Please
Ngiyacela   
Not Available   

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa   
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)   

Bye
bye   
Khuda hāfiz   

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena   
be chus che seth mohabat karaan   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe   
Kashtawari   

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

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
Poguli   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa   
Pogul and Paristan valleys   

Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Rambani   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
5.60 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
5.42 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
Not Available   

Native Name
isiZulu   
कॉशुर / كٲشُر   

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda   
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur   

French Name
zoulou   
kashmiri   

German Name
Zulu-Sprache   
Kaschmiri   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[kəːʃur]   

Ethnicity
Zulu people   
Kashmiris or koshur   

History

Origin
19   
12th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Beatu   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu   
Kashmiri   

Language Position
87   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zu   
ks   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul   
kas   

ISO 639 2/B
zul   
kas   

ISO 639 3
zul   
kas   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
zulu1248   
kash1277   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg   
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 Zulu 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 Zulu and Kashmiri dialects. Various dialects of Zulu and Kashmiri language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Zulu are spoken in different Zulu Speaking Countries whereas Kashmiri Dialects are spoken in different Kashmiri speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Zulu vs Kashmiri Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Zulu dialects include: Qwabe, central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Kashmiri dialects include: Kashtawari , Poguli. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Zulu and Kashmiri Speaking population

Zulu and Kashmiri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Kashmiri languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Kashmiri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % 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 Zulu and Kashmiri on Zulu vs Kashmiri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Kashmiri Language Codes

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

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