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Kurdish vs Kashmiri


Kashmiri vs Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  
India, Pakistan  

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

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language  
Hindi and Urdu Languages  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
17  
14

How Many Consonants
29  
19
27  
17

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
Assalām ‘alaikum  

Thank You
Sipas  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
سہا مسا  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
Hach t'ochoktiya  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
Hach ch'i  

Please
Bê zehmet  
مهربانی کر  

Sorry
Bibûre  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
Khuda hāfiz  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Kashtawari  

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Poguli  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
Pogul and Paristan valleys  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
6,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Rambani  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
India  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
5,600,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
5.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
99+
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
5.42 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  

Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی‎  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  

French Name
kurde  
kashmiri  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Kaschmiri  

Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  
[kəːʃur]  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Kashmiris or koshur  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
12th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Kashmiri  

Language Position
14  
13
23  
21

Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
ks  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
kas  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
kas  

ISO 639 3
kur  
kas  

ISO 639 6
kur  
kas  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
kash1277  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Kurdish and Kashmiri Language History

Comparison of Kurdish vs Kashmiri language history gives us differences between origin of Kurdish and Kashmiri language. History of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE whereas history of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th 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 Kurdish and Kashmiri Language History.

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Kurdish and Kashmiri 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 Kurdish and Kashmiri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Kashmiri language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Kashmiri word for "Thank You" is शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya). Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Kashmiri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Kurdish vs Kashmiri Difficulty

The Kurdish vs Kashmiri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Kashmiri 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 Kurdish and Kashmiri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Kashmiri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Kashmiri time required is 44 weeks.

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