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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
-  
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  
17
44 weeks  
17

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
سہا مسا  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya  
Good afternoon  

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

Please
مهربانی کر  
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
6,000,000.00  
99+
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Poguli  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
6,100,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Rambani  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
India  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
36
17,000,000.00  
26

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
0.05 %  
99+
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.42 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

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]  
[neˈpali]  

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
23  
21
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
kas  
nep  

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
-  
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 0.05 % 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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