Countries
India, Pakistan
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
National Language
India, Pakistan
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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.
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Amharic and Hebrew
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
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Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Arabic
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
مرحبا
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
شكرا
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
كيف حالك؟
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
تصبح على خير
Good Evening
Not Available
مساء الخير
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
مساء الخير
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
صباح الخير
Please
Not Available
من فضلك
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
آسف
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
أحبك
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
اعذرني
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Dialect 2
Poguli
Sudanese
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
Sudan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Rambani
Levantine
Where They Speak
India
Cyprus, Levant
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
French Name
kashmiri
arabe
German Name
Kaschmiri
Arabisch
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
Arabs
Origin
12th Century
512 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Semitic
Branch
Indic
North Arabic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
Modern Standard Arabic
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kash1277
arab1395
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Kashmiri and Arabic 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 Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kashmiri and Arabic language. Kashmiri word for "Hello" is Assalām ‘alaikum or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Kashmiri Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kashmiri vs Arabic Difficulty
The Kashmiri vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri Alphabets and Arabic 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 Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.
