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Kashmiri vs Khasi


Khasi vs Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Meghalaya  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Pakistan  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
-  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
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.
  
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages  
Garo and Jaintia Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17  
14
6  
3

How Many Consonants
27  
17
14  
4

Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  
Bengali, Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum  
Kumno  

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  
Khublei  

How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  
Kumno phi long?  

Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  
thia sukh  

Good Evening
سہا مسا  
babha janmiet  

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya  
babha noph-phai-sngi  

Good Morning
Hach ch'i  
khublei  

Please
مهربانی کر  
Sngewbha  

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  
Map  

Bye
Khuda hāfiz  
khublei  

I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  
ieit ieit  

Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  
map a nga  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari  
Bhoi  

Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  
-  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Poguli  
Nonglung  

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys  
-  

How Many People Speak
6,100,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rambani  
Cherrapunji  

Where They Speak
India  
-  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
36
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.60 million  
99+
0.84 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.42 million  
99+
0.84 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  
Ka Ktien  

Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  

French Name
kashmiri  
khasi  

German Name
Kaschmiri  
Khasi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]  
[ˈkʰɑsi]  

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur  
Khasi people  

History

Origin
12th Century  
1200 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
Kashmiri  
Khasi  

Language Position
23  
21
40  
37

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Khasi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ks  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas  
kha  

ISO 639 2/B
kas  
kha  

ISO 639 3
kas  
kha  

ISO 639 6
kas  
kha  

Glottocode
kash1277  
khas1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Kashmiri and Khasi Language History

Comparison of Kashmiri vs Khasi language history gives us differences between origin of Kashmiri and Khasi language. History of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th Century whereas history of Khasi language states that this language originated in 1200 AD. 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 Khasi Language History.

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

Kashmiri vs Khasi Difficulty

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

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