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Kashmiri
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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

India, Pakistan

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
0 46

1.3 National Language

India, Pakistan

1.4 Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.5 Speaking Continents

Asia

1.6 Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.7 Regulated By

Not Available

1.8 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.

1.9 Similar To

Hindi and Urdu Languages

1.10 Derived From

Sanskrit Language

2 Alphabets

2.1 Alphabets in

2.2 Alphabets

44
Rank: 24 (Overall)
Irish
18 247

2.3 Phonology

2.3.1 How Many Vowels

17
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Hebrew
0 32

2.3.2 How Many Consonants

27
Rank: 17 (Overall)
German
9 60

2.4 Scripts

Arabic, Perso-Arabic script

2.5 Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal

2.6 Hard to Learn

2.6.1 Language Levels

6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Bengali
2 12

2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Cebuano
3 88

3 Greetings

3.1 Hello

Assalām ‘alaikum

3.2 Thank You

शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)

3.3 How Are You?

तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)

3.4 Good Night

शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)

3.5 Good Evening

Not Available

3.6 Good Afternoon

Hach t'ochoktiya

3.7 Good Morning

Hach ch'i

3.8 Please

Not Available

3.9 Sorry

माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)

3.10 Bye

Khuda hāfiz

3.11 I Love You

be chus che seth mohabat karaan

3.12 Excuse Me

वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)

4 Dialects

4.1 Dialect 1

Kashtawari

4.1.1 Where They Speak

India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India

4.1.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Macedonian
1.5 960000000

4.2 Dialect 2

Poguli

4.2.1 Where They Speak

Pogul and Paristan valleys

4.2.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Dzongkha
700 80000000

4.3 Dialect 3

Rambani

4.3.1 Where They Speak

India

4.3.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Romanian
1400 96000000

4.4 Total No. Of Dialects

4
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Sanskrit
0 188

5 How Many People Speak

5.1 How Many People Speak?

5.60 million
Rank: 69 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 1200

5.2 Speaking Population

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Xhosa
0.11 89

5.3 Native Speakers

5.42 million
Rank: 64 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 873

5.3.1 Second Language Speakers

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Finnish
0.01 400

5.3.2 Native Name

कॉशुर / كٲشُر

5.3.3 Alternative Names

Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur

5.3.4 French Name

kashmiri

5.3.5 German Name

Kaschmiri

5.4 Pronunciation

[kəːʃur]

5.5 Ethnicity

Kashmiris or koshur

6 History

6.1 Origin

12th Century

6.2 Language Family

Indo-European Family

6.2.1 Subgroup

Indo-Iranian

6.2.2 Branch

Indic

6.3 Language Forms

6.3.1 Early Forms

No early forms

6.3.2 Standard Forms

Kashmiri

6.3.3 Language Position

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Chinese
1 120

6.3.4 Signed Forms

Indian Signing System (ISS)

6.4 Scope

Individual

7 Code

7.1 ISO 639 1

ks

7.2 ISO 639 2

7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T

kas

7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B

kas

7.3 ISO 639 3

kas

7.4 ISO 639 6

Not Available

7.5 Glottocode

kash1277

7.6 Linguasphere

No data available

7.7 Types of Language

7.7.1 Language Type

Living

7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb

7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology

Not Available

Origin of Kashmiri language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Kashmiri language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Kashmiri language states that it was put to use in 12th Century. The history of Kashmiri language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Kashmiri Language History. Kashmiri has no early forms. Kashmiri is the standard form of Kashmiri language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Kashmiri Language.

Kashmiri population

Kashmiri population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Kashmiri language. Kashmiri language is spoken by 5.60 million people in the world. Most of the Kashmiri population lies in the Kashmiri Speaking Countries. Kashmiri language is spoken as first language by 5.42 million people and no total count of people speaking Kashmiri as second language. Get to know Kashmiri speaking population in detail.

Kashmiri writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Kashmiri writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Kashmiri language. Some languages share common writing systems. Arabic, Perso-Arabic script script is used by Kashmiri language. Learn more about . 

Information about Kashmiri language

Check out all the information about Kashmiri language here. You may find it interesting to learn Kashmiri Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Kashmiri Speaking Countries, Kashmiri speaking continents and Kashmiri Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Kashmiri countries knowing common Kashmiri Greetings will help you in communicating with Kashmiri people.