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Kashmiri vs Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri vs Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
India, No official status  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
0  
15

National Language
India, Pakistan  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

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.
  
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages  
Maithili and Magahi  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
43  
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17  
14
11  
8

How Many Consonants
27  
17
34  
24

Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)  

Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Evening
سہا مسا  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Morning
Hach ch'i  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Please
مهربانی کر  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)  

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Bye
Khuda hāfiz  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  

Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari  
Caribbean Hindustani  

Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
16,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Poguli  
Fiji Hindi  

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
6,100,000.00  
99+
380,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rambani  
Tharu Bhojpuri  

Where They Speak
India  
India  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
36
38,000,000.00  
16

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.60 million  
99+
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.43 %  
33

Native Speakers
5.42 million  
99+
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
38.00 million  
23

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)  

Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas  

French Name
kashmiri  
bhojpuri  

German Name
Kaschmiri  
Bhojpuri  

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/  

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur  
Bhojpuri speakers  

History

Origin
12th Century  
19th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kashmiri  
Bhojpuri  

Language Position
23  
21
37  
34

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Bhojpuri Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ks  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas  
bho  

ISO 639 2/B
kas  
bho  

ISO 639 3
kas  
bho  

ISO 639 6
kas  
bho  

Glottocode
kash1277  
bhoj1246  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-sa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Kashmiri and Bhojpuri Language History

Comparison of Kashmiri vs Bhojpuri language history gives us differences between origin of Kashmiri and Bhojpuri language. History of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th Century whereas history of Bhojpuri language states that this language originated in 19th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Kashmiri and Bhojpuri Language History.

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Kashmiri and Bhojpuri Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Kashmiri and Bhojpuri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kashmiri and Bhojpuri language. Kashmiri word for "Hello" is Assalām ‘alaikum or Bhojpuri word for "Thank You" is धन्वाद (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Kashmiri Greetings and Bhojpuri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Kashmiri vs Bhojpuri Difficulty

The Kashmiri vs Bhojpuri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri Alphabets and Bhojpuri Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Kashmiri and Bhojpuri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Bhojpuri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Bhojpuri time required is 44 weeks.

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