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Kashmiri and Khasi


Khasi and Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Meghalaya  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Pakistan  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
-  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
-  

Regulated By
-  
-  

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.
  
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages  
Garo and Jaintia Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17  
14
6  
3

How Many Consonants
27  
17
14  
4

Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  
Bengali, Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum  
Kumno  

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  
Khublei  

How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  
Kumno phi long?  

Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  
thia sukh  

Good Evening
سہا مسا  
babha janmiet  

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya  
babha noph-phai-sngi  

Good Morning
Hach ch'i  
khublei  

Please
مهربانی کر  
Sngewbha  

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  
Map  

Bye
Khuda hāfiz  
khublei  

I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  
ieit ieit  

Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  
map a nga  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari  
Bhoi  

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

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Poguli  
Nonglung  

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys  
-  

How Many People Speak
6,100,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rambani  
Cherrapunji  

Where They Speak
India  
-  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
36
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.42 million  
99+
0.84 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  
Ka Ktien  

Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  

French Name
kashmiri  
khasi  

German Name
Kaschmiri  
Khasi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]  
[ˈkʰɑsi]  

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur  
Khasi people  

History

Origin
12th Century  
1200 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
Kashmiri  
Khasi  

Language Position
23  
21
40  
37

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Khasi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ks  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas  
kha  

ISO 639 2/B
kas  
kha  

ISO 639 3
kas  
kha  

ISO 639 6
kas  
kha  

Glottocode
kash1277  
khas1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Kashmiri and Khasi Speaking population

Kashmiri and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kashmiri and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Kashmiri and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kashmiri language is 0.05 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 %. 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 Khasi on Kashmiri vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kashmiri and Khasi Language Codes

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

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