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Assamese vs Kashmiri


Kashmiri vs Assamese


Countries

Countries
India  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
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  • 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
Bengali and Oriya  
Hindi and Urdu Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
17  
14

How Many Consonants
41  
30
27  
17

Scripts
Bengali  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar  
Assalām ‘alaikum  

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  

Good Night
subhoraattri  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  

Good Evening
subha gadhuli  
سہا مسا  

Good Afternoon
subha abeli  
Hach t'ochoktiya  

Good Morning
suprobhaat  
Hach ch'i  

Please
anugroha kori  
مهربانی کر  

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  

Bye
biḍai  
Khuda hāfiz  

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi  
Kashtawari  

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

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Goalpariya  
Poguli  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Pogul and Paristan valleys  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
30
6,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya  
Rambani  

Where They Speak
Assam  
India  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
5,600,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.30 million  
99+
5.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
5.42 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  

French Name
assamais  
kashmiri  

German Name
Assamesisch  
Kaschmiri  

Pronunciation
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  
[kəːʃur]  

Ethnicity
Assamese people  
Kashmiris or koshur  

History

Origin
7th century A.D  
12th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Assamese  
Kashmiri  

Language Position
65  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Assamese  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
as  
ks  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm  
kas  

ISO 639 2/B
asm  
kas  

ISO 639 3
asm  
kas  

ISO 639 6
asm  
kas  

Glottocode
assa1263  
kash1277  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Assamese and Kashmiri Language History

Comparison of Assamese vs Kashmiri language history gives us differences between origin of Assamese and Kashmiri language. History of Assamese language states that this language originated in 7th century A.D 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 Assamese and Kashmiri Language History.

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

Assamese vs Kashmiri Difficulty

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

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