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Kashmiri Language



Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan

Total No. Of Countries
2 13

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
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Alphabets
44 24

Phonology

How Many Vowels
17 14

How Many Consonants
27 17

Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels
6 5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 17

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 44

Dialect 2
Poguli

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys

How Many People Speak
6,100,000.00 43

Dialect 3
Rambani

Where They Speak
India

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00 36

Total No. Of Dialects
4 4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.60 million 69

Speaking Population
0.05 % 59

Native Speakers
5.42 million 64

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million 51

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 21

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.

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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.

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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

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