Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Germany
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Council for German Orthography
  
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.
  
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Albanian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
hallo
  
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
Danke
  
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
Wie geht es dir?
  
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
gute Nacht
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
guten Abend
  
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
guten Tag
  
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
  
guten Morgen
  
Please
Not Available
  
bitte
  
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
Verzeihung
  
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
  
Tschüs
  
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Ich liebe dich
  
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
Entschuldigung
  
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
  
Swiss German
  
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
18
Dialect 2
Poguli
  
Swabian German
  
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Germany
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rambani
  
Texas German
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Texas
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million
  
99+
229.00 million
  
8
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.42 million
  
99+
101.00 million
  
10
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
128.00 million
  
5
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
Deutsch
  
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
French Name
kashmiri
  
allemand
  
German Name
Kaschmiri
  
Deutsch
  
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Germans
  
Origin
12th Century
  
6th Century AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Signed German
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ks
  
de
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kas
  
deu
  
ISO 639 2/B
kas
  
ger
  
ISO 639 3
kas
  
deu
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
deus
  
Glottocode
kash1277
  
high1287, uppe1397
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic