Countries
Fiji, India
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
India
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
- 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
Urdu
  
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Hindi.jpg#200
  
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
Hach ch'i
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
Khuda hāfiz
  
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
Dialect 1
Khariboli
  
Kashtawari
  
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Marwari
  
Poguli
  
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00
  
3
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Bundeli
  
Rambani
  
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million
  
5
5.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
260.00 million
  
4
5.42 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million
  
6
Not Available
  
Native Name
हिन्दी
  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
French Name
hindi
  
kashmiri
  
German Name
Hindi
  
Kaschmiri
  
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
[kəːʃur]
  
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
  
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Origin
7th Century
  
12th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
  
Kashmiri
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hi
  
ks
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hin
  
kas
  
ISO 639 2/B
hin
  
kas
  
ISO 639 3
hin
  
kas
  
ISO 639 6
hins
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hind1269
  
kash1277
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available