Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
China, Taiwan
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
  
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
  
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
  
Hach ch'i
  
Please
请 (Qǐng)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
  
Khuda hāfiz
  
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
Dialect 1
Mandarin
  
Kashtawari
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Wu
  
Poguli
  
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
  
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Yue
  
Rambani
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
  
2
5.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
873.00 million
  
1
5.42 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million
  
3
Not Available
  
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
French Name
chinois
  
kashmiri
  
German Name
Chinesisch
  
Kaschmiri
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kəːʃur]
  
Ethnicity
Han
  
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Origin
1250 BC
  
12th Century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
  
Kashmiri
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zh
  
ks
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zho
  
kas
  
ISO 639 2/B
chi
  
kas
  
ISO 639 3
zho
  
kas
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sini1245
  
kash1277
  
Linguasphere
79-AAA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available