Countries
India, Nepal
India, Pakistan
National Language
Nepal
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
- 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
Hindi
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Assalām ‘alaikum
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Not Available
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Hach ch'i
Please
कृपया
Not Available
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
Khuda hāfiz
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Dialect 1
Doteli
Kashtawari
Where They Speak
Nepal
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Poguli
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Pogul and Paristan valleys
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Rambani
Where They Speak
Nepal
India
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
népalais
kashmiri
German Name
Nepali
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
Not Available
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Kashmiris or koshur
Origin
19 BC
12th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Kashmiri
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
kash1277
Linguasphere
12
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
All Nepali and Kashmiri Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Nepali and Kashmiri dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Kashmiri language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Kashmiri Dialects are spoken in different Kashmiri speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Kashmiri Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Kashmiri dialects include: Kashtawari , Poguli. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Kashmiri Speaking population
Nepali and Kashmiri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Kashmiri languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Kashmiri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kashmiri language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Nepali and Kashmiri on Nepali vs Kashmiri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Kashmiri Language Codes
Nepali and Kashmiri language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Kashmiri Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.