Countries
India, Pakistan
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
People's Republic of China
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Language Academy of Nepal
  
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.
  
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Hindi
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Nepali-Alphabets.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 (namaste)
  
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Good afternoon
  
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
Please
Not Available
  
कृपया
  
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
  
Doteli
  
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Poguli
  
Bajhangi
  
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
India, Nepal
  
Dialect 3
Rambani
  
Baitadeli
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.42 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
French Name
kashmiri
  
népalais
  
German Name
Kaschmiri
  
Nepali
  
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Origin
12th Century
  
19 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
  
Nepali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Signed Nepali
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ks
  
ne
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kas
  
nep
  
ISO 639 2/B
kas
  
nep
  
ISO 639 3
kas
  
npi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kash1277
  
nepa1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative