Countries
India, Pakistan
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
India, Pakistan
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hawaii
Regulated By
Not Available
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Chinese Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
您好
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
谢谢
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
你好吗？
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
晚安
Good Evening
Not Available
晚上好
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
下午好
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
早上好
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
遗憾
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
我爱你
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
原谅我
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
outside mainland China
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Rambani
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
India
Hong Kong
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
kashmiri
Not Available
German Name
Kaschmiri
Not Available
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
Not Available
Origin
12th Century
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
ks
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
kas
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
kas
Not Available
ISO 639 3
kas
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kash1277
cant1236
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Kashmiri and Cantonese 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 Cantonese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kashmiri and Cantonese language. Kashmiri word for "Hello" is Assalām ‘alaikum or Cantonese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢. Find more of such common Kashmiri Greetings and Cantonese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kashmiri vs Cantonese Difficulty
The Kashmiri vs Cantonese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri Alphabets and Cantonese 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 Cantonese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Cantonese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Cantonese time required is 88 weeks.