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Kashmiri and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
India, Pakistan   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17   
14
15   
12

How Many Consonants
27   
17
17   
7

Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum   
hallo   

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)   
Dankie   

How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
Not Available   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
Hach ch'i   
goeie more   

Please
Not Available   
asseblief   

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)   
jammer   

Bye
Khuda hāfiz   
Not Available   

I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Poguli   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Rambani   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
India   
Namibia   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.60 million   
99+
19.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.42 million   
99+
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
kashmiri   
afrikaans   

German Name
Kaschmiri   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
12th Century   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Germanic   

Branch
Indic   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Kashmiri   
Standard Afrikaans   

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ks   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
kas   
afr   

ISO 639 3
kas   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
kash1277   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic   

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All Kashmiri and Afrikaans Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Kashmiri and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Kashmiri and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kashmiri are spoken in different Kashmiri Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kashmiri vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kashmiri dialects include: Kashtawari, Poguli. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Kashmiri and Afrikaans Speaking population

Kashmiri and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kashmiri and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Kashmiri and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kashmiri language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Kashmiri and Afrikaans on Kashmiri vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kashmiri and Afrikaans Language Codes

Kashmiri and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kashmiri and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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