Countries
India, Pakistan
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
India, Pakistan
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
Habari
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
Asante
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Habari gani?
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
Not Available
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
Habari za asubuhi
Please
Not Available
tafadhali
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
pole
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
nakupenda
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Samahani
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
Zanzibar island
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
Dar es Salaam
Where They Speak
India
Kilwa
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Not Available
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
kashmiri
swahili
German Name
Kaschmiri
Swahili
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
12th Century
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
Swahili
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kash1277
swah1254
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Kashmiri and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kashmiri and Swahili language. Kashmiri word for "Hello" is Assalām ‘alaikum or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Kashmiri Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kashmiri vs Swahili Difficulty
The Kashmiri vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.