Countries
India, Pakistan
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
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.
  
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Alphabets in
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Urdu-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
  
خوش آمديد
  
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
آپ کا شکریہ
  
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
گڈ نائٹ
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
سلام علیکم
  
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
  
گڈ مارننگ
  
Please
Not Available
  
براہ مہربانی
  
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
معاف کرنا
  
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
  
الوداع
  
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
  
Dakhini
  
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
11,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 2
Poguli
  
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Rambani
  
Rekhta
  
Where They Speak
India
  
South Asia
  
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million
  
99+
104.00 million
  
15
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.42 million
  
99+
61.00 million
  
19
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
43.00 million
  
14
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
اُردُو
  
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
Bihari
  
French Name
kashmiri
  
ourdou
  
German Name
Kaschmiri
  
Urdu
  
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
  
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Not Available
  
Origin
12th Century
  
12th Century CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
  
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Signed Urdu
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ks
  
ur
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kas
  
urd
  
ISO 639 2/B
kas
  
urd
  
ISO 639 3
kas
  
urd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kash1277
  
urdu1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Kashmiri and Urdu 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 Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kashmiri and Urdu language. Kashmiri word for "Hello" is Assalām ‘alaikum or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common Kashmiri Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kashmiri vs Urdu Difficulty
The Kashmiri vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri Alphabets and Urdu 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 Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.