Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Fiji, India
  
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, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Central Hindi Directorate
  
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.
  
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Urdu
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hindi.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
  
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
Please
Not Available
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
खेद (Khēda)
  
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
  
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
  
Khariboli
  
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
240,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 2
Poguli
  
Marwari
  
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
22,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 3
Rambani
  
Bundeli
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Bundelkhand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
4
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million
  
99+
380.00 million
  
5
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.42 million
  
99+
260.00 million
  
4
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
120.00 million
  
6
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
हिन्दी
  
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
French Name
kashmiri
  
hindi
  
German Name
Kaschmiri
  
Hindi
  
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Hindustani people
  
Origin
12th Century
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
  
Standard Hindi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ks
  
hi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kas
  
hin
  
ISO 639 2/B
kas
  
hin
  
ISO 639 3
kas
  
hin
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
hins
  
Glottocode
kash1277
  
hind1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-qf
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic