Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Japan
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Japan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Pacific
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Palau
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
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.
  
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Korean Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
  
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Please
Not Available
  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
  
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Poguli
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Fukuoka
  
Dialect 3
Rambani
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
India
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
14
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.42 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
9
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
日本語
  
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
Not Available
  
French Name
kashmiri
  
japonais
  
German Name
Kaschmiri
  
Japanisch
  
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Origin
12th Century
  
1185
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Japonic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
  
Japanese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ks
  
ja
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kas
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 2/B
kas
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 3
kas
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kash1277
  
nucl1643
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
45-CAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Kashmiri and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kashmiri and Japanese language. Kashmiri word for "Hello" is Assalām ‘alaikum or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Kashmiri Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kashmiri vs Japanese Difficulty
The Kashmiri vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.