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Kashmiri vs Hausa


Hausa vs Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Pakistan  
Gambia, Nigeria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nigeria  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  

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.
  
  • Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
  • There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages  
Yoruba and Igbo Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17  
14
12  
9

How Many Consonants
27  
17
32  
22

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum  
sannu  

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  
gode ku  

How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  
yaya dai  

Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  
mai kyau dare  

Good Evening
سہا مسا  
barka da yamma  

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya  
barka da rana  

Good Morning
Hach ch'i  
mai kyau safe  

Please
مهربانی کر  
Don Allah  

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  
yi hakuri  

Bye
Khuda hāfiz  
sai anjima  

I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  
Ina son ku  

Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  
gafara dai  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari  
Gaananci  

Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
50,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 2
Poguli  
Kurhwayanci  

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
6,100,000.00  
99+
150,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 3
Rambani  
Daragaram  

Where They Speak
India  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
36
50.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.60 million  
99+
50.00 million  
28

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.52 %  
30

Native Speakers
5.42 million  
99+
35.00 million  
27

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  

Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  

French Name
kashmiri  
haoussa  

German Name
Kaschmiri  
Haussa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]  
[hàʊsà]  

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur  
Hausa–Fulani people  

History

Origin
12th Century  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Chadic  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kashmiri  
Hausa  

Language Position
23  
21
34  
32

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Signed Hausa  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ks  
ha  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas  
hau  

ISO 639 2/B
kas  
hau  

ISO 639 3
kas  
hau  

ISO 639 6
kas  
hau  

Glottocode
kash1277  
haus1257  

Linguasphere
No data available  
19-HAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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Kashmiri and Hausa Language History

Comparison of Kashmiri vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of Kashmiri and Hausa language. History of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th Century whereas history of Hausa language states that this language originated in 14. 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 Hausa Language History.

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

Kashmiri vs Hausa Difficulty

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

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