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Sindhi vs Kashmiri


Kashmiri vs Sindhi


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
India, Pakistan, Sindh  
India, Pakistan  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  
  • 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
Gujarati  
Hindi and Urdu Languages  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
64  
37
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
17  
14

How Many Consonants
42  
31
27  
17

Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Assalam O Alaikum  
Assalām ‘alaikum  

Thank You
Meharbani  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  

How Are You?
Kehra haal aahin  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  

Good Night
tava kia aayo  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  

Good Evening
Sham Jo Salam  
سہا مسا  

Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum  
Hach t'ochoktiya  

Good Morning
Subho Bakhair  
Hach ch'i  

Please
Mehrbani  
مهربانی کر  

Sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  

Bye
Allah Wahi  
Khuda hāfiz  

I Love You
Man tokhe prem karyan ti  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  

Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Siraiki  
Kashtawari  

Where They Speak
Upper Sindh  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
26
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Vicholi  
Poguli  

Where They Speak
Central Sindh  
Pogul and Paristan valleys  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
23
6,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Lari  
Rambani  

Where They Speak
Lower Sindh  
India  

How Many People Speak
25.00  
99+
5,600,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
29.00 million  
37
5.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.39 %  
36
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
5.42 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
سنڌي  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  

Alternative Names
Sindhi  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  

French Name
sindhi  
kashmiri  

German Name
Sindhi-Sprache  
Kaschmiri  

Pronunciation
[sɪndi]  
[kəːʃur]  

Ethnicity
Sindhi people  
Kashmiris or koshur  

History

Origin
711 A.D  
12th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Sindhi  
Kashmiri  

Language Position
50  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Sindhi  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sd  
ks  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
snd  
kas  

ISO 639 2/B
snd  
kas  

ISO 639 3
snd  
kas  

ISO 639 6
snd  
kas  

Glottocode
sind1272  
kash1277  

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
-  
-  

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Sindhi and Kashmiri Language History

Comparison of Sindhi vs Kashmiri language history gives us differences between origin of Sindhi and Kashmiri language. History of Sindhi language states that this language originated in 711 A.D 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 Sindhi and Kashmiri Language History.

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

Sindhi vs Kashmiri Difficulty

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

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