Countries
India, Pakistan
  
India
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Asam Sahitya Sabha
  
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.
  
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Bengali and Oriya
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
nomoskaar
  
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
ḍhonyobaaḍ
  
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
aapuni kene aase?
  
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
subhoraattri
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
subha gadhuli
  
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
subha abeli
  
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
  
suprobhaat
  
Please
Not Available
  
anugroha kori
  
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
moi ḍukkhita
  
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
  
biḍai
  
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
  
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
kyoma koribo
  
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
  
Kamrupi
  
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 2
Poguli
  
Goalpariya
  
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Western Assam
  
Dialect 3
Rambani
  
Bhakatiya
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Assam
  
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million
  
99+
15.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.42 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
  
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
  
French Name
kashmiri
  
assamais
  
German Name
Kaschmiri
  
Assamesisch
  
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Assamese people
  
Origin
12th Century
  
7th century A.D
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Kamarupa
  
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
  
Assamese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ks
  
as
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kas
  
asm
  
ISO 639 2/B
kas
  
asm
  
ISO 639 3
kas
  
asm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kash1277
  
assa1263
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-w
  
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 Assamese 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 Assamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kashmiri and Assamese language. Kashmiri word for "Hello" is Assalām ‘alaikum or Assamese word for "Thank You" is ḍhonyobaaḍ. Find more of such common Kashmiri Greetings and Assamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kashmiri vs Assamese Difficulty
The Kashmiri vs Assamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri Alphabets and Assamese 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 Assamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Assamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Assamese time required is Not Available.