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Persian vs Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
India, Pakistan  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

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 Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
44  
24
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17  
14
6  
3

How Many Consonants
27  
17
23  
13

Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum  
سلام  

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
Not Available  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
Hach ch'i  
صبح به خیر  

Please
Not Available  
لطفا  

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  
متاسف  

Bye
Khuda hāfiz  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
47,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 2
Poguli  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
12,500,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Rambani  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
India  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
7,900,000.00  
6

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.60 million  
99+
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
5.42 million  
99+
65.00 million  
17

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
kashmiri  
persan  

German Name
Kaschmiri  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur  
Persian people  

History

Origin
12th Century  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Kashmiri  
Persian  

Language Position
Not Available  
23  
19

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ks  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
kas  
per  

ISO 639 3
kas  
pes  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kash1277  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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Kashmiri and Persian Language History

Comparison of Kashmiri vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Kashmiri and Persian language. History of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th Century whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Kashmiri and Persian Language History.

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Kashmiri and Persian 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 Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kashmiri and Persian language. Kashmiri word for "Hello" is Assalām ‘alaikum or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Kashmiri Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Kashmiri vs Persian Difficulty

The Kashmiri vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri Alphabets and Persian 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 Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.

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