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Igbo vs Kashmiri


Kashmiri vs Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Nigeria  
India, Pakistan  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
  • 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 Hausa Languages  
Hindi and Urdu Languages  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
17  
14

How Many Consonants
28  
18
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
18
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
kedụ  
Assalām ‘alaikum  

Thank You
dalụ  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  

Good Night
ka chi fo  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  

Good Evening
mgbede ọma  
سہا مسا  

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma  
Hach t'ochoktiya  

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma  
Hach ch'i  

Please
Biko  
مهربانی کر  

Sorry
Ndo  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  

Bye
Kachifo  
Khuda hāfiz  

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  

Excuse Me
ngọpụ  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani  
Kashtawari  

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

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ngwa  
Poguli  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Pogul and Paristan valleys  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
6,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Rambani  

Where They Speak
-  
India  

How Many People Speak
24.00  
99+
5,600,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
5.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.09 %  
99+
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
5.42 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
24.00 million  
28
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
igbo  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  

Alternative Names
Ibo  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  

French Name
igbo  
kashmiri  

German Name
Ibo-Sprache  
Kaschmiri  

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]  
[kəːʃur]  

Ethnicity
Igbo people  
Kashmiris or koshur  

History

Origin
30th Century BC  
12th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Kwa  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo  
Kashmiri  

Language Position
57  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Igbo Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ig  
ks  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo  
kas  

ISO 639 2/B
ibo  
kas  

ISO 639 3
ibo  
kas  

ISO 639 6
ibo  
kas  

Glottocode
nucl1417  
kash1277  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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Igbo and Kashmiri Language History

Comparison of Igbo vs Kashmiri language history gives us differences between origin of Igbo and Kashmiri language. History of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century 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 Igbo and Kashmiri Language History.

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

Igbo vs Kashmiri Difficulty

The Igbo vs Kashmiri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo 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 Igbo and Kashmiri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Kashmiri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Kashmiri time required is 44 weeks.

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