Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Malaysia
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Indonesia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Thailand
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Indonesian Language
  
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Derived From
Tamil Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hai
  
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Thank You
terima kasih
  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
  
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
  
Hach ch'i
  
Please
sila
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
maaf
  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
Khuda hāfiz
  
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
  
Kashtawari
  
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
25
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Pekal
  
Poguli
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Musi
  
Rambani
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
  
10
5.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
5.42 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million
  
8
Not Available
  
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
French Name
malais
  
kashmiri
  
German Name
Malaiisch
  
Kaschmiri
  
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
[kəːʃur]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Origin
c. 683 AD
  
12th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Kashmiri
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ms
  
ks
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
msa
  
kas
  
ISO 639 2/B
may
  
kas
  
ISO 639 3
zsm
  
kas
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1306
  
kash1277
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Malaysian and Kashmiri 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 Malaysian and Kashmiri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and Kashmiri language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or Kashmiri word for "Thank You" is शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya). Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and Kashmiri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malaysian vs Kashmiri Difficulty
The Malaysian vs Kashmiri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian Alphabets and Kashmiri 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 Malaysian and Kashmiri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Kashmiri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Kashmiri time required is 44 weeks.