Countries
India, Pakistan
  
India
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Govenment of Goa
  
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.
  
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Marathi
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Namaskar
  
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
Dev Borem Korum
  
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
kaso assa?
  
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
  
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
Please
Not Available
  
Chike
  
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
Maf kor
  
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
hav tujo mog korta.
  
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
upkar korxi
  
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
  
Antruz
  
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
Goa
  
Dialect 2
Poguli
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rambani
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.42 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
Kōṅkaṇī
  
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
French Name
kashmiri
  
konkani
  
German Name
Kaschmiri
  
Konkani
  
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
  
kõkɳi
  
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Konkanis
  
Origin
12th Century
  
1209 A.D.
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
  
Kokani
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ks
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kas
  
kok
  
ISO 639 2/B
kas
  
kok
  
ISO 639 3
kas
  
kok
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kash1277
  
goan1235
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Kashmiri and Konkani 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 Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kashmiri and Konkani language. Kashmiri word for "Hello" is Assalām ‘alaikum or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Kashmiri Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kashmiri vs Konkani Difficulty
The Kashmiri vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.