Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Abkhazia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
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.
  
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Caucasian languages
  
Alphabets in
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
Please
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
Not Available
  
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
  
Bzyb
  
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
Abkhazia
  
Dialect 2
Poguli
  
Abzhywa
  
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Caucasus
  
Dialect 3
Rambani
  
Sadz
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Turkey
  
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million
  
99+
0.13 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.42 million
  
99+
0.13 million
  
99+
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
French Name
kashmiri
  
abkhaze
  
German Name
Kaschmiri
  
Abchasisch
  
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Abkhaz people
  
Origin
12th Century
  
c. 1650
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Northwest Caucasian
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
  
Abkhaz
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ks
  
ab
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kas
  
abk
  
ISO 639 2/B
kas
  
abk
  
ISO 639 3
kas
  
abk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
abks
  
Glottocode
kash1277
  
abkh1244
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Kashmiri and Abkhaz Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Kashmiri and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kashmiri and Abkhaz language. Kashmiri word for "Hello" is Assalām ‘alaikum or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Kashmiri Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kashmiri vs Abkhaz Difficulty
The Kashmiri vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri Alphabets and Abkhaz Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Kashmiri and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.