Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Bhutan
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Bhutan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
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.
  
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Sikkimese Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Tibetan Language
  
Alphabets in
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Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Kuzoozangpo La
  
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
Kaadinchhey La
  
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
lek shom ay zim
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
  
Not Available
  
Please
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
Tsip maza
  
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
  
Log Jay Gay
  
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Nga cheu lu ga
  
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
Tsip maza
  
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
  
Laya
  
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Poguli
  
Lunana
  
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rambani
  
Adap
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Bhutan
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million
  
99+
0.64 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.42 million
  
99+
0.17 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
0.47 million
  
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Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
French Name
kashmiri
  
dzongkha
  
German Name
Kaschmiri
  
Dzongkha
  
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Ngalop people
  
Origin
12th Century
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
  
Dzongkha
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ks
  
dz
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kas
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 2/B
kas
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 3
kas
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kash1277
  
nucl1307
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Kashmiri and Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kashmiri and Dzongkha language. Kashmiri word for "Hello" is Assalām ‘alaikum or Dzongkha word for "Thank You" is Kaadinchhey La. Find more of such common Kashmiri Greetings and Dzongkha Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kashmiri vs Dzongkha Difficulty
The Kashmiri vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri Alphabets and Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is Not Available.