Countries
Japan
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Japan
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- 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
Korean Language
  
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Hach ch'i
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
Khuda hāfiz
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Kashtawari
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Poguli
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Rambani
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
5.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
5.42 million
  
99+
Native Name
日本語
  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
French Name
japonais
  
kashmiri
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Kaschmiri
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
[kəːʃur]
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Origin
1185
  
12th Century
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Kashmiri
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
ks
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
kas
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
kas
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
kas
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
kash1277
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Japanese 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 Japanese and Kashmiri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Kashmiri language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Kashmiri word for "Thank You" is शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya). Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Kashmiri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Kashmiri Difficulty
The Japanese vs Kashmiri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Kashmiri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Kashmiri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Kashmiri time required is 44 weeks.