Countries
Nigeria
India, Pakistan
National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Nigeria
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Not spoken in any of the countries
Interesting Facts
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
- 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
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
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Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
sannu
Assalām ‘alaikum
Thank You
gode ku
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
How Are You?
yaya dai
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Good Night
mai kyau dare
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Good Evening
barka da yamma
سہا مسا
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
Hach ch'i
Please
Don Allah
مهربانی کر
Sorry
yi hakuri
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Bye
sai anjima
Khuda hāfiz
I Love You
Ina son ku
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Excuse Me
gafara dai
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Dialect 1
Gaananci
Kashtawari
Where They Speak
Ghana
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Poguli
Where They Speak
Niger
Pogul and Paristan valleys
Dialect 3
Daragaram
Rambani
Where They Speak
Niger
India
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
haoussa
kashmiri
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
[hàʊsà]
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
Kashmiris or koshur
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Chadic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Hausa
Kashmiri
Signed Forms
Signed Hausa
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
haus1257
kash1277
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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Hausa 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 Hausa and Kashmiri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hausa and Kashmiri language. Hausa word for "Hello" is sannu or Kashmiri word for "Thank You" is शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya). Find more of such common Hausa Greetings and Kashmiri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hausa vs Kashmiri Difficulty
The Hausa vs Kashmiri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hausa 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 Hausa and Kashmiri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hausa and Kashmiri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hausa is 44 weeks while to learn Kashmiri time required is 44 weeks.