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Amharic vs Kashmiri


Kashmiri vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Ethiopia  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
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
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
  • 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
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
Hindi and Urdu Languages  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200  
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
17  
14

How Many Consonants
31  
21
27  
17

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
Assalām ‘alaikum  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  

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

Good Night
Dehna dur  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
سہا مسا  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
Hach t'ochoktiya  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
Hach ch'i  

Please
i'bakwon  
مهربانی کر  

Sorry
aznallehu  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  

Bye
tschao  
Khuda hāfiz  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Kashtawari  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Poguli  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Pogul and Paristan valleys  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
6,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Showa  
Rambani  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
India  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
5,600,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
5.42 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
አማርኛ  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  

French Name
amharique  
kashmiri  

German Name
Amharisch  
Kaschmiri  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[kəːʃur]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Kashmiris or koshur  

History

Origin
13th century  
12th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Kashmiri  

Language Position
55  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
ks  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
kas  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
kas  

ISO 639 3
amh  
kas  

ISO 639 6
amh  
kas  

Glottocode
amha1245  
kash1277  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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Amharic and Kashmiri Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Kashmiri language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Kashmiri language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Amharic and Kashmiri Language History.

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

Amharic vs Kashmiri Difficulty

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

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