Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
India, Pakistan
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
- 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
Amharic and Hebrew
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
مرحبا
Assalām ‘alaikum
Thank You
شكرا
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Good Night
تصبح على خير
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Good Evening
مساء الخير
Not Available
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good Morning
صباح الخير
Hach ch'i
Please
من فضلك
Not Available
Sorry
آسف
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
I Love You
أحبك
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Excuse Me
اعذرني
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
Kashtawari
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Poguli
Where They Speak
Sudan
Pogul and Paristan valleys
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Levantine
Rambani
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
arabe
kashmiri
German Name
Arabisch
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
Arabs
Kashmiris or koshur
Origin
512 CE
12th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
North Arabic
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Kashmiri
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arab1395
kash1277
Linguasphere
12-AAC
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Arabic 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 Arabic and Kashmiri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Kashmiri language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Kashmiri word for "Thank You" is शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya). Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Kashmiri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Kashmiri Difficulty
The Arabic vs Kashmiri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Kashmiri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Kashmiri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Kashmiri time required is 44 weeks.