Countries
India, Pakistan
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
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
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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 in
Alphabets
4432
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1715
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2717
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
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
سہا مسا
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
goeie more
Please
مهربانی کر
asseblief
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
jammer
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
Totsiens
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
-
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Poguli
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
-
How Many People Speak
6,100,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Rambani
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
India
Namibia
How Many People Speak
5,600,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.42 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
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
Language Position
2323
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
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
kas
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
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Analytic