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Kashmiri and Akan


Akan and Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
India, Pakistan  
Ghana  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Benin, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Akan Orthography 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.
  
  • Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
  • Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages  
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17  
14
10  
7

How Many Consonants
27  
17
16  
6

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  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum  
ete-sen  

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  
meda ase  

How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  
wo ho te sɛn?  

Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  
maadwo  

Good Evening
سہا مسا  
maadwo  

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya  
maaha  

Good Morning
Hach ch'i  
maakye  

Please
مهربانی کر  
wae  

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  
Kafra  

Bye
Khuda hāfiz  
bye  

I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  
Me doכ wo  

Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  
mepa wo kyɛw  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari  
Asante  

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

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
Poguli  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
6,100,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Rambani  
Fante  

Where They Speak
India  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
36
1,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.42 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  
Akan  

Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  
Twi, Fante  

French Name
kashmiri  
akan  

German Name
Kaschmiri  
Akan-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]  
[ˈaːkã]  

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur  
Akan people  

History

Origin
12th Century  
15  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kashmiri  
Akan  

Language Position
23  
21
104  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Akan Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ks  
ak  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas  
aka  

ISO 639 2/B
kas  
aka  

ISO 639 3
kas  
aka  

ISO 639 6
kas  
aka  

Glottocode
kash1277  
akan1251  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Kashmiri and Akan 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 Akan dialects. Various dialects of Kashmiri and Akan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kashmiri are spoken in different Kashmiri Speaking Countries whereas Akan Dialects are spoken in different Akan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kashmiri vs Akan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kashmiri dialects include: Kashtawari, Poguli. Akan dialects include: Asante , Akuapem. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Kashmiri and Akan Speaking population

Kashmiri and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kashmiri and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Kashmiri and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kashmiri language is 0.05 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 %. 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 Akan on Kashmiri vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kashmiri and Akan Language Codes

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

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