Countries
India, Pakistan
India, Nepal
National Language
India, Pakistan
Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Not Available
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Hindi
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
Not Available
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good afternoon
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Please
Not Available
कृपया
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
Doteli
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Poguli
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
India, Nepal
Dialect 3
Rambani
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
India
Nepal
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
kashmiri
népalais
German Name
Kaschmiri
Nepali
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Origin
12th Century
19 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
Nepali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kash1277
nepa1254
Linguasphere
No data available
12
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
Kashmiri and Nepali 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 Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kashmiri and Nepali language. Kashmiri word for "Hello" is Assalām ‘alaikum or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Kashmiri Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kashmiri vs Nepali Difficulty
The Kashmiri vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri Alphabets and Nepali 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 Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.