Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
India, Pakistan
National Language
China, Guangdong
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Hawaii
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- 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
Chinese Language
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
您好
Assalām ‘alaikum
Thank You
谢谢
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
How Are You?
你好吗？
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Good Night
晚安
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Good Afternoon
下午好
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good Morning
早上好
Hach ch'i
Sorry
遗憾
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
I Love You
我爱你
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Excuse Me
原谅我
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Kashtawari
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Pogul and Paristan valleys
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Rambani
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
India
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
cantonais
kashmiri
German Name
Kantonesisch
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Kashmiris or koshur
Origin
17th century
12th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Kashmiri
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Indian Signing System (ISS)
ISO 639 1
No data available
ks
ISO 639 3
No data available
kas
Glottocode
cant1236
kash1277
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Kashmiri dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Kashmiri language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Kashmiri Dialects are spoken in different Kashmiri speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Kashmiri Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Kashmiri dialects include: Kashtawari , Poguli. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Kashmiri Speaking population
Cantonese and Kashmiri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Kashmiri languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Kashmiri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kashmiri language is 0.05 %. 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 Cantonese and Kashmiri on Cantonese vs Kashmiri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Kashmiri Language Codes
Cantonese and Kashmiri language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Kashmiri Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.