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German vs Kashmiri


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   
Not Available   

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   
9
44 weeks   
11

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   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
Hach t'ochoktiya   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
Hach ch'i   

Please
bitte   
Not Available   

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   
18
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Poguli   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Pogul and Paristan valleys   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Rambani   

Where They Speak
Texas   
India   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

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 %   
12
Not Available   

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
5.42 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
Not Available   

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
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

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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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