Countries
India, Pakistan
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
India, Pakistan
China, Taiwan
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
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Not Available
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin 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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages
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Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
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Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Not Available
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
Not Available
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
Mandarin
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
India
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
Not Available
French Name
kashmiri
chinois
German Name
Kaschmiri
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
Han
Origin
12th Century
1250 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
Standard Chinese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
kash1277
sini1245
Linguasphere
No data available
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
Kashmiri and Chinese 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 Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kashmiri and Chinese language. Kashmiri word for "Hello" is Assalām ‘alaikum or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Kashmiri Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kashmiri vs Chinese Difficulty
The Kashmiri vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.