Countries
India, Pakistan
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
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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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4453
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1710
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2743
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
Molo
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Unjani
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
سہا مسا
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
Molo
Please
مهربانی کر
Ndicela
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
South Africa
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Poguli
Thembu
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
South Africa
How Many People Speak
6,100,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rambani
Hlubi
Where They Speak
India
South Africa
How Many People Speak
5,600,000.0019.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
49
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.60 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.05 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.42 million8.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
kashmiri
xhosa
German Name
Kaschmiri
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
12th Century
16th 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
isiXhosa
Language Position
2321
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ks
xh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kas
xho
ISO 639 2/B
kas
xho
ISO 639 3
kas
xho
ISO 639 6
kas
xho
Glottocode
kash1277
xhos1239
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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