Countries
South Africa
  
India, Pakistan
  
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 in
Zulu-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
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
5.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Zulu 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 Zulu and Kashmiri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Kashmiri language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Kashmiri word for "Thank You" is शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya). Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Kashmiri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Zulu vs Kashmiri Difficulty
The Zulu vs Kashmiri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu 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 Zulu and Kashmiri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Kashmiri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Kashmiri time required is 44 weeks.