Countries
India, Pakistan
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
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.
  
- The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
  
Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-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
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
  
Labrīt
  
Please
Not Available
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 2
Poguli
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Rambani
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.42 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
Lettish
  
French Name
kashmiri
  
letton
  
German Name
Kaschmiri
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
12th Century
  
1530
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
  
Latvian
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ks
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kas
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
kas
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
kas
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
kash1277
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Kashmiri and Latvian 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 Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kashmiri and Latvian language. Kashmiri word for "Hello" is Assalām ‘alaikum or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Kashmiri Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kashmiri vs Latvian Difficulty
The Kashmiri vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri Alphabets and Latvian 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 Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.