Countries
India, Pakistan
  
India, No official status
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
India
  
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
  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Maithili and Magahi
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Please
Not Available
  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
  
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Poguli
  
Fiji Hindi
  
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rambani
  
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Where They Speak
India
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
31
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.42 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
24
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
French Name
kashmiri
  
bhojpuri
  
German Name
Kaschmiri
  
Bhojpuri
  
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Not Available
  
Origin
12th Century
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
  
Bhojpuri
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ks
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kas
  
bho
  
ISO 639 2/B
kas
  
bho
  
ISO 639 3
kas
  
bho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kash1277
  
bhoj1246
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-sa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available