Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
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.
  
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
Not Available
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 2
Poguli
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 3
Rambani
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.42 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
kashmiri
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Kaschmiri
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Not Available
  
Origin
12th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ks
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kas
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
kas
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
kas
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
kash1277
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available