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Kashmiri vs Persian


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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