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Kashmiri and Assamese


Assamese and Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Pakistan  
Bangladesh, India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
-  
Asam Sahitya Sabha  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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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Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages  
Bengali and Oriya  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17  
14
11  
8

How Many Consonants
27  
17
41  
30

Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  
Bengali  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum  
nomoskaar  

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  
ḍhonyobaaḍ  

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

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

Good Evening
سہا مسا  
subha gadhuli  

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya  
subha abeli  

Good Morning
Hach ch'i  
suprobhaat  

Please
مهربانی کر  
anugroha kori  

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  
moi ḍukkhita  

Bye
Khuda hāfiz  
biḍai  

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

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

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari  
Kamrupi  

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

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

Dialect 2
Poguli  
Goalpariya  

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys  
Western Assam  

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

Dialect 3
Rambani  
Bhakatiya  

Where They Speak
India  
Assam  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.42 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  

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

French Name
kashmiri  
assamais  

German Name
Kaschmiri  
Assamesisch  

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]  
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur  
Assamese people  

History

Origin
12th Century  
7th century A.D  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Kamarupa  

Standard Forms
Kashmiri  
Assamese  

Language Position
23  
21
65  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Signed Assamese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ks  
as  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas  
asm  

ISO 639 2/B
kas  
asm  

ISO 639 3
kas  
asm  

ISO 639 6
kas  
asm  

Glottocode
kash1277  
assa1263  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-w  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Kashmiri and Assamese 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 Kashmiri and Assamese dialects. Various dialects of Kashmiri and Assamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kashmiri are spoken in different Kashmiri Speaking Countries whereas Assamese Dialects are spoken in different Assamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kashmiri vs Assamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kashmiri dialects include: Kashtawari, Poguli. Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi , Goalpariya. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Kashmiri and Assamese Speaking population

Kashmiri and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kashmiri and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Kashmiri and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kashmiri language is 0.05 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. 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 Kashmiri and Assamese on Kashmiri vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kashmiri and Assamese Language Codes

Kashmiri and Assamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kashmiri and Assamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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