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Kashmiri vs Chewa


Chewa vs Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
India, Pakistan  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

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  
Zambia  

Regulated By
-  
-  

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.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages  
Zulu language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17  
14
5  
2

How Many Consonants
27  
17
18  
8

Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
32 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum  
Moni  

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  
Zikomo  

How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  
Muli bwanji?  

Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  
Usiku wabwino  

Good Evening
سہا مسا  
Madzulo abwino  

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya  
Masana abwino  

Good Morning
Hach ch'i  
M'mawa wabwino  

Please
مهربانی کر  
Chonde  

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  
pepani  

Bye
Khuda hāfiz  
anatsanzikana  

I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  
Ndimakukondani  

Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  
Pepani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari  
Kasungu  

Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Poguli  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
6,100,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Rambani  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
India  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
36
1,200,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.60 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.42 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  
Nyanja  

Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  

French Name
kashmiri  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  

German Name
Kaschmiri  
Nyanja-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]  
[ˈtʃewa]  

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur  
Chewa people  

History

Origin
12th Century  
15th 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  
Chewa  

Language Position
23  
21
27  
25

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Chewa Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ks  
ny  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas  
nya  

ISO 639 2/B
kas  
nya  

ISO 639 3
kas  
nya  

ISO 639 6
kas  
nya  

Glottocode
kash1277  
nyan1308  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUS-xaa – xag  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Kashmiri and Chewa Language History

Comparison of Kashmiri vs Chewa language history gives us differences between origin of Kashmiri and Chewa language. History of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th Century whereas history of Chewa language states that this language originated in 15th Century. 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 Chewa Language History.

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Kashmiri and Chewa 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 Chewa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kashmiri and Chewa language. Kashmiri word for "Hello" is Assalām ‘alaikum or Chewa word for "Thank You" is Zikomo. Find more of such common Kashmiri Greetings and Chewa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Kashmiri vs Chewa Difficulty

The Kashmiri vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri Alphabets and Chewa 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 Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Chewa time required is 32 weeks.

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