Countries
India, Pakistan
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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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Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4424
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
175
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2721
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
Habari
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
Asante
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Habari gani?
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
سہا مسا
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
Habari za asubuhi
Please
مهربانی کر
tafadhali
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
pole
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
bye
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
nakupenda
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Samahani
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Poguli
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
6,100,000.0075,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rambani
Kimgao
Where They Speak
India
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
5,600,000.0075,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
412
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million150.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.42 million15.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million75.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
kashmiri
swahili
German Name
Kaschmiri
Swahili
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
12th Century
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Branch
Indic
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
Swahili
Language Position
2321
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ks
sw
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kas
swa
ISO 639 2/B
kas
swa
ISO 639 3
kas
swa
ISO 639 6
kas
swa
Glottocode
kash1277
swah1254
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-m
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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