Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
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 in
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Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!
  
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
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
26
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.