Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Middle East
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Farsi Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Silaw
  
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
Sipas
  
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
Tu çawa yî?
  
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Şev xweş
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Evare baş
  
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
  
Bayanit bash
  
Please
Not Available
  
Bê zehmet
  
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
Bibûre
  
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
  
Be xêr çî
  
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Ez te hez dikem
  
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
Bê zehmet
  
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
  
Northern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Poguli
  
Central Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Rambani
  
Southern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Eastern Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.42 million
  
99+
21.00 million
  
36
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
Not Available
  
French Name
kashmiri
  
kurde
  
German Name
Kaschmiri
  
Kurdisch
  
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Kurds
  
Origin
12th Century
  
16th century CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
  
Kurdish
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ks
  
ku
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kas
  
kur
  
ISO 639 2/B
kas
  
kur
  
ISO 639 3
kas
  
kur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kash1277
  
kurd1259
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Kashmiri and Kurdish Speaking population
Kashmiri and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kashmiri and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Kashmiri and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kashmiri language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Kashmiri and Kurdish on Kashmiri vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kashmiri and Kurdish Language Codes
Kashmiri and Kurdish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kashmiri and Kurdish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.