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Chinese and Kashmiri


Kashmiri and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
China, Taiwan  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
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Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Japanese and Korean Languages  
Hindi and Urdu Languages  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
17  
14

How Many Consonants
23  
13
27  
17

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
Assalām ‘alaikum  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
سہا مسا  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
Hach t'ochoktiya  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
Hach ch'i  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
مهربانی کر  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
Khuda hāfiz  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Kashtawari  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Wu  
Poguli  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Pogul and Paristan valleys  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
6
6,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Yue  
Rambani  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
India  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
12
5,600,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
5.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
5.42 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  

Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  

French Name
chinois  
kashmiri  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Kaschmiri  

Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  
[kəːʃur]  

Ethnicity
Han  
Kashmiris or koshur  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
12th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Kashmiri  

Language Position
1  
1
23  
21

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
ks  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
kas  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
kas  

ISO 639 3
zho  
kas  

ISO 639 6
zho  
kas  

Glottocode
sini1245  
kash1277  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
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All Chinese 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 Chinese and Kashmiri dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Kashmiri language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Kashmiri Dialects are spoken in different Kashmiri speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Kashmiri Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Kashmiri dialects include: Kashtawari , Poguli. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chinese and Kashmiri Speaking population

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

Chinese and Kashmiri Language Codes

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

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