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Kashmiri and Kurdish


Kurdish and Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
India, Pakistan  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
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.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17  
14
8  
5

How Many Consonants
27  
17
29  
19

Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum  
Silaw  

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  
Sipas  

How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
سہا مسا  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
Hach ch'i  
Bayanit bash  

Please
مهربانی کر  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  
Bibûre  

Bye
Khuda hāfiz  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Poguli  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
6,100,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rambani  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
India  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
36
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.60 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.42 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
kashmiri  
kurde  

German Name
Kaschmiri  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur  
Kurds  

History

Origin
12th Century  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Kashmiri  
Kurdish  

Language Position
23  
21
14  
13

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ks  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
kas  
kur  

ISO 639 3
kas  
kur  

ISO 639 6
kas  
kur  

Glottocode
kash1277  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAA-a  

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

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Kashmiri and Kurdish Speaking population

Kashmiri and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kashmiri and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Kashmiri and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kashmiri language is 0.05 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. 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 Kurdish on Kashmiri vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kashmiri and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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