Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Assamese and Oriya
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Please
Not Available
  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
  
Chakma
  
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Poguli
  
Hajong
  
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rambani
  
Rarhi
  
Where They Speak
India
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million
  
99+
215.00 million
  
9
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.42 million
  
99+
196.00 million
  
7
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
19.00 million
  
16
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
French Name
kashmiri
  
bengali
  
German Name
Kaschmiri
  
Bengali
  
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Origin
12th Century
  
1000–1200 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
  
Bengali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ks
  
bn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kas
  
ben
  
ISO 639 2/B
kas
  
ben
  
ISO 639 3
kas
  
ben
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kash1277
  
beng1280
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-u
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available