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Kashmiri vs Hindi


Hindi vs Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Fiji, India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

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, Oceania  

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

Regulated By
-  
Central Hindi Directorate  

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.
  
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages  
Urdu  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17  
14
11  
8

How Many Consonants
27  
17
33  
23

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  
नमस्ते (Namastē)  

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  

Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  

Good Evening
سہا مسا  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  

Good Morning
Hach ch'i  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  

Please
مهربانی کر  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  
खेद (Khēda)  

Bye
Khuda hāfiz  
अलविदा (Alavidā)  

I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  

Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari  
Khariboli  

Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
240,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Poguli  
Marwari  

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  

How Many People Speak
6,100,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Rambani  
Bundeli  

Where They Speak
India  
Bundelkhand  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
36
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.60 million  
99+
380.00 million  
5

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
4.70 %  
5

Native Speakers
5.42 million  
99+
260.00 million  
4

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
120.00 million  
6

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  
हिन्दी  

Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  

French Name
kashmiri  
hindi  

German Name
Kaschmiri  
Hindi  

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur  
Hindustani people  

History

Origin
12th Century  
7th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kashmiri  
Standard Hindi  

Language Position
23  
21
5  
5

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ks  
hi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas  
hin  

ISO 639 2/B
kas  
hin  

ISO 639 3
kas  
hin  

ISO 639 6
kas  
hins  

Glottocode
kash1277  
hind1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-qf  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Kashmiri and Hindi Language History

Comparison of Kashmiri vs Hindi language history gives us differences between origin of Kashmiri and Hindi language. History of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th Century whereas history of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Hindi Language History.

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Kashmiri and Hindi 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 Hindi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kashmiri and Hindi language. Kashmiri word for "Hello" is Assalām ‘alaikum or Hindi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Kashmiri Greetings and Hindi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Kashmiri vs Hindi Difficulty

The Kashmiri vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri Alphabets and Hindi 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 Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.

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