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Kashmiri and Swahili


Swahili and Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

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
Not Available   
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.
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Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages   
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17   
14
5   
2

How Many Consonants
27   
17
21   
11

Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

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
Not Available   
Habari za jioni   

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya   
nzuri Alasiri   

Good Morning
Hach ch'i   
Habari za asubuhi   

Please
Not Available   
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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari   
Kiunguja   

Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India   
Zanzibar island   

Dialect 2
Poguli   
Kimrima   

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys   
Dar es Salaam   

Dialect 3
Rambani   
Kimgao   

Where They Speak
India   
Kilwa   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.60 million   
99+
150.00 million   
13

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.42 million   
99+
15.00 million   
40

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur   
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   

French Name
kashmiri   
swahili   

German Name
Kaschmiri   
Swahili   

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur   
Swahili people or Waswahili   

History

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   

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kash1277   
swah1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUS-m   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Kashmiri and Swahili Speaking population

Kashmiri and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kashmiri and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Kashmiri and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kashmiri language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili 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 Swahili on Kashmiri vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kashmiri and Swahili Language Codes

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

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