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Kashmiri vs Akan


Akan vs 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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Kashmiri and Akan Language History

Comparison of Kashmiri vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of Kashmiri and Akan language. History of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th Century whereas history of Akan language states that this language originated in 15. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Kashmiri and Akan Language History.

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Kashmiri and Akan Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Kashmiri and Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kashmiri and Akan language. Kashmiri word for "Hello" is Assalām ‘alaikum or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common Kashmiri Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Kashmiri vs Akan Difficulty

The Kashmiri vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri Alphabets and Akan Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Kashmiri and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.

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