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Chinese vs Kashmiri


Kashmiri vs 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   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Hindi and Urdu Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
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   
13
44 weeks   
11

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)   
Not Available   

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

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
Hach ch'i   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Wu   
Poguli   

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

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Yue   
Rambani   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
India   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

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
Not Available   

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
5.42 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
Not Available   

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
कॉशुर / كٲشُر   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur   

French Name
chinois   
kashmiri   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Kaschmiri   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[kəːʃur]   

Ethnicity
Han   
Kashmiris or koshur   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
12th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese   
Kashmiri   

Language Position
1   
1
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

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Chinese and Kashmiri Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Kashmiri language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Kashmiri language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC 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 Chinese and Kashmiri Language History.

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

Chinese vs Kashmiri Difficulty

The Chinese vs Kashmiri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Kashmiri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Kashmiri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Kashmiri time required is 44 weeks.

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