Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
South Africa
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
English-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
  
Hello
  
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
Thank you
  
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
How are you?
  
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Good Night
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Good Evening
  
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Good Afternoon
  
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
  
Good Morning
  
Please
Not Available
  
Please
  
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
Sorry
  
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
  
Bye
  
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
I love you
  
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
Excuse Me
  
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
  
American English
  
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
225,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 2
Poguli
  
Hiberno-English
  
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
15
Dialect 3
Rambani
  
Welsh English
  
Where They Speak
India
  
United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
14
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million
  
99+
1,200.00 million
  
1
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.42 million
  
99+
400.00 million
  
3
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
400.00 million
  
1
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
English
  
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
Not Available
  
French Name
kashmiri
  
anglais
  
German Name
Kaschmiri
  
Englisch
  
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Not Available
  
Origin
12th Century
  
5th Century AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
  
Standard English
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Signed English
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ks
  
en
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kas
  
eng
  
ISO 639 2/B
kas
  
eng
  
ISO 639 3
kas
  
eng
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
engs
  
Glottocode
kash1277
  
stan1293
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic