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Urdu vs Kashmiri


Kashmiri vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Pakistan   
India, Pakistan   

Second Language
Pakistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Asia   

Minority Language
India   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages   
Hindi and Urdu Languages   

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
52   
31
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
17   
14

How Many Consonants
40   
29
27   
17

Scripts
Arabic   
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد   
Assalām ‘alaikum   

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ   
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)   

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)   

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ   
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)   

Good Evening
سلام علیکم   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون   
Hach t'ochoktiya   

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ   
Hach ch'i   

Please
براہ مہربانی   
Not Available   

Sorry
معاف کرنا   
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)   

Bye
الوداع   
Khuda hāfiz   

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت   
be chus che seth mohabat karaan   

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا   
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini   
Kashtawari   

Where They Speak
India   
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
12
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu   
Poguli   

Where They Speak
India   
Pogul and Paristan valleys   

Dialect 3
Rekhta   
Rambani   

Where They Speak
South Asia   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million   
15
5.60 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
Not Available   

Native Speakers
61.00 million   
19
5.42 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million   
14
Not Available   

Native Name
اُردُو   
कॉशुर / كٲشُر   

Alternative Names
Bihari   
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur   

French Name
ourdou   
kashmiri   

German Name
Urdu   
Kaschmiri   

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]   
[kəːʃur]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Kashmiris or koshur   

History

Origin
12th Century CE   
12th Century   

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
Modern Standard Urdu   
Kashmiri   

Language Position
20   
18
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ur   
ks   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd   
kas   

ISO 639 2/B
urd   
kas   

ISO 639 3
urd   
kas   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
urdu1245   
kash1277   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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Urdu and Kashmiri Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Kashmiri language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Kashmiri language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE whereas history of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Urdu and Kashmiri Language History.

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Urdu 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 Urdu and Kashmiri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Urdu and Kashmiri language. Urdu word for "Hello" is خوش آمديد or Kashmiri word for "Thank You" is शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya). Find more of such common Urdu Greetings and Kashmiri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Urdu vs Kashmiri Difficulty

The Urdu vs Kashmiri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu 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 Urdu and Kashmiri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and Kashmiri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn Kashmiri time required is 44 weeks.

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