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Kashmiri vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

National Language
Germany  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Hindi and Urdu Languages  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
17  
14

How Many Consonants
9  
1
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Assalām ‘alaikum  

Thank You
Danke  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
سہا مسا  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
Hach t'ochoktiya  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
Hach ch'i  

Please
bitte  
مهربانی کر  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  

Bye
Tschüs  
Khuda hāfiz  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Kashtawari  

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

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Poguli  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Pogul and Paristan valleys  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
99+
6,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Rambani  

Where They Speak
Texas  
India  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
99+
5,600,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
5.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
13
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
5.42 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Deutsch  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  

French Name
allemand  
kashmiri  

German Name
Deutsch  
Kaschmiri  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[kəːʃur]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Kashmiris or koshur  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
12th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Western  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Kashmiri  

Language Position
9  
9
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
ks  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
kas  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
kas  

ISO 639 3
deu  
kas  

ISO 639 6
deus  
kas  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
kash1277  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
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German and Kashmiri Language History

Comparison of German vs Kashmiri language history gives us differences between origin of German and Kashmiri language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Kashmiri Language History.

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

German vs Kashmiri Difficulty

The German vs Kashmiri difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Kashmiri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Kashmiri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Kashmiri time required is 44 weeks.

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