Countries
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
0
46
👆🏻
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 in
Alphabets
44
Rank: 24 (Overall)
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
17
Rank: 14 (Overall)
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
27
Rank: 17 (Overall)
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3
88
👆🏻
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)
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
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Poguli
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
How Many People Speak
6,100,000.00
Rank: 43 (Overall)
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Rambani
Where They Speak
India
How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00
Rank: 36 (Overall)
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
4
Rank: 4 (Overall)
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million
Rank: 69 (Overall)
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %
Rank: 59 (Overall)
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.42 million
Rank: 64 (Overall)
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
Rank: 51 (Overall)
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
kashmiri
German Name
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
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
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
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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