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Kashmiri
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Kashmiri Language

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Countries

Countries

India, Pakistan

Total No. Of Countries

2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
0 46
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National Language

India, Pakistan

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

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.

Similar To

Hindi and Urdu Languages

Derived From

Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

44
Rank: 24 (Overall)
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

17
Rank: 14 (Overall)
0 32
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How Many Consonants

27
Rank: 17 (Overall)
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Perso-Arabic script

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Assalām ‘alaikum

Thank You

शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)

How Are You?

तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)

Good Night

शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)

Good Evening

سہا مسا

Good Afternoon

Hach t'ochoktiya

Good Morning

Hach ch'i

Please

مهربانی کر

Sorry

माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)

Bye

Khuda hāfiz

I Love You

be chus che seth mohabat karaan

Excuse Me

वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kashtawari

Where They Speak

India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.00
Rank: 44 (Overall)
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Poguli

Where They Speak

Pogul and Paristan valleys

How Many People Speak

6,100,000.00
Rank: 43 (Overall)
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Rambani

Where They Speak

India

How Many People Speak

5,600,000.00
Rank: 36 (Overall)
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

4
Rank: 4 (Overall)
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

5.60 million
Rank: 69 (Overall)
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.05 %
Rank: 59 (Overall)
0 89
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Native Speakers

5.42 million
Rank: 64 (Overall)
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

5.00 million
Rank: 51 (Overall)
0.01 400
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Native Name

कॉशुर / كٲشُر

Alternative Names

Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur

French Name

kashmiri

German Name

Kaschmiri

Pronunciation

[kəːʃur]

Ethnicity

Kashmiris or koshur

History

Origin

12th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian

Branch

Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms

Standard Forms

Kashmiri

Language Position

23
Rank: 21 (Overall)
1 120
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Signed Forms

Indian Signing System (ISS)

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ks

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

kas

ISO 639 2/B

kas

ISO 639 3

kas

ISO 639 6

kas

Glottocode

kash1277

Linguasphere

No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Origin of Kashmiri language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Kashmiri language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Kashmiri language states that it was put to use in 12th Century. The history of Kashmiri language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Kashmiri Language History. Kashmiri has no early forms. Kashmiri is the standard form of Kashmiri language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Kashmiri Language.

Kashmiri population

Kashmiri population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Kashmiri language. Kashmiri language is spoken by 5.60 million people in the world. Most of the Kashmiri population lies in the Kashmiri Speaking Countries. Kashmiri language is spoken as first language by 5.42 million people and as second language by about 5.00 million people. Get to know Kashmiri speaking population in detail.

Kashmiri writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Kashmiri writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Kashmiri language. Some languages share common writing systems. Arabic, Perso-Arabic script script is used by Kashmiri language. Learn more about . 

Information about Kashmiri language

Check out all the information about Kashmiri language here. You may find it interesting to learn Kashmiri Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Kashmiri Speaking Countries, Kashmiri speaking continents and Kashmiri Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Kashmiri countries knowing common Kashmiri Greetings will help you in communicating with Kashmiri people.