Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
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.
  
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
German and English Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
dankjewel
  
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
goede Nacht
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
goedenavond
  
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
goedemiddag
  
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
  
goedemorgen
  
Please
Not Available
  
alsjeblieft
  
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
sorry
  
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
  
vaarwel
  
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Ik hou van jou
  
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
pardon
  
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
  
Gronings
  
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Poguli
  
Low Saxon
  
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 3
Rambani
  
Limburgian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Belgium, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,300,000.00
  
18
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.42 million
  
99+
22.00 million
  
35
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
6.00 million
  
25
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
Nederlands
  
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
Hollands, Nederlands
  
French Name
kashmiri
  
néerlandais; flamand
  
German Name
Kaschmiri
  
Niederländisch
  
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Dutch people
  
Origin
12th Century
  
AD 450-500
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
  
Standard Dutch
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ks
  
nl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kas
  
nld
  
ISO 639 2/B
kas
  
dut
  
ISO 639 3
kas
  
nld
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kash1277
  
mode1257
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Kashmiri and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kashmiri and Dutch language. Kashmiri word for "Hello" is Assalām ‘alaikum or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Kashmiri Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kashmiri vs Dutch Difficulty
The Kashmiri vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.