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Kashmiri and Nepali


Nepali and Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
India, Pakistan   
Nepal   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Language Academy of Nepal   

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages   
Hindi   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17   
14
12   
9

How Many Consonants
27   
17
36   
26

Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
Not Available   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
Hach ch'i   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
Not Available   
कृपया   

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
Khuda hāfiz   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari   
Doteli   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Poguli   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys   
India, Nepal   

Dialect 3
Rambani   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
India   
Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.60 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
5.42 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
kashmiri   
népalais   

German Name
Kaschmiri   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
12th Century   
19 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Kashmiri   
Nepali   

Language Position
Not Available   
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ks   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
kas   
nep   

ISO 639 3
kas   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kash1277   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Kashmiri and Nepali Speaking population

Kashmiri and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kashmiri and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Kashmiri and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kashmiri language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Kashmiri vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kashmiri and Nepali Language Codes

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

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