Countries
India, Pakistan
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4437
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
175
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2746
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
Mhoro
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
سہا مسا
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
Masikati
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
Mangwanani
Please
مهربانی کر
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Ndineurombo
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
bye
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
Hwesa
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Poguli
Karanga
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
6,100,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rambani
Zezuru
Where They Speak
India
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
5,600,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
44
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.60 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.05 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.42 million8.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
chiShona
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
kashmiri
shona
German Name
Kaschmiri
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
Shona people
Origin
12th Century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Branch
Indic
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
Standard Shona
Language Position
23107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ks
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kas
sna
ISO 639 2/B
kas
sna
ISO 639 3
kas
sna
ISO 639 6
kas
sna
Glottocode
kash1277
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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