Countries
India, Pakistan
  
India
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
Not Available
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Poguli
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rambani
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.42 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
Not Available
  
French Name
kashmiri
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Kaschmiri
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Not Available
  
Origin
12th Century
  
2000 B.C.
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
  
Sanskrit
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ks
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kas
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
kas
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
kas
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kash1277
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Kashmiri and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kashmiri and Sanskrit language. Kashmiri word for "Hello" is Assalām ‘alaikum or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Kashmiri Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kashmiri vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Kashmiri vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.