Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
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.
  
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
Not Available
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Poguli
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rambani
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.42 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
kashmiri
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Kaschmiri
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
12th Century
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
  
Modern Greek
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ks
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kas
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
kas
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
kas
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
kash1277
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic