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Kashmiri vs Somali


Somali vs Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
India, Pakistan   
Somalia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Middle East   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Yemen   

Regulated By
Not Available   
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   

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.
  
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages   
Afar and Oromo Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17   
14
5   
2

How Many Consonants
27   
17
21   
11

Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script   
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum   
Hello   

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)   
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   

How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)   
Sidee tahay ?   

Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)   
Habeenka Good   

Good Evening
Not Available   
Evening Good   

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya   
galab wanaagsan   

Good Morning
Hach ch'i   
Subax wanaagsan   

Please
Not Available   
Fadlan   

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)   
sorry   

Bye
Khuda hāfiz   
caraysiiyo   

I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan   
Waan ku jeclahay   

Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)   
iga raali ahow   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari   
Northern Somali   

Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India   
Gabon, Standard Somali   

Dialect 2
Poguli   
Benaadir   

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys   
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   

Dialect 3
Rambani   
Af-Ashraaf   

Where They Speak
India   
Standard Somali   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.42 million   
99+
8.00 million   
99+

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر   
af Soomaali   

Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur   
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   

French Name
kashmiri   
somali   

German Name
Kaschmiri   
Somali   

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur   
Somalis   

History

Origin
12th Century   
19th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Cushitic   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kashmiri   
Somali   

Language Position
Not Available   
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ks   
so   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas   
som   

ISO 639 2/B
kas   
som   

ISO 639 3
kas   
som   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kash1277   
soma1255   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Kashmiri and Somali Language History

Comparison of Kashmiri vs Somali language history gives us differences between origin of Kashmiri and Somali language. History of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th Century whereas history of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th 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 Somali Language History.

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

Kashmiri vs Somali Difficulty

The Kashmiri vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri Alphabets and Somali 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 Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.

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