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Khasi vs Kashmiri


Kashmiri vs Khasi


Countries

Countries
Meghalaya  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
India, Pakistan  

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
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Garo and Jaintia Languages  
Hindi and Urdu Languages  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
17  
14

How Many Consonants
14  
4
27  
17

Scripts
Bengali, Latin  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  

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
Kumno  
Assalām ‘alaikum  

Thank You
Khublei  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  

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

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

Good Evening
babha janmiet  
سہا مسا  

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

Good Morning
khublei  
Hach ch'i  

Please
Sngewbha  
مهربانی کر  

Sorry
Map  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  

Bye
khublei  
Khuda hāfiz  

I Love You
ieit ieit  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  

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

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bhoi  
Kashtawari  

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

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

Dialect 2
Nonglung  
Poguli  

Where They Speak
-  
Pogul and Paristan valleys  

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

Dialect 3
Cherrapunji  
Rambani  

Where They Speak
-  
India  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.84 million  
99+
5.42 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Ka Ktien  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  

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

French Name
khasi  
kashmiri  

German Name
Khasi-Sprache  
Kaschmiri  

Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]  
[kəːʃur]  

Ethnicity
Khasi people  
Kashmiris or koshur  

History

Origin
1200 AD  
12th Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Khasi  
Kashmiri  

Language Position
40  
37
23  
21

Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ks  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kha  
kas  

ISO 639 2/B
kha  
kas  

ISO 639 3
kha  
kas  

ISO 639 6
kha  
kas  

Glottocode
khas1269  
kash1277  

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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Khasi and Kashmiri Language History

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

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Khasi and Kashmiri 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 Khasi and Kashmiri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khasi and Kashmiri language. Khasi word for "Hello" is Kumno or Kashmiri word for "Thank You" is शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya). Find more of such common Khasi Greetings and Kashmiri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Khasi vs Kashmiri Difficulty

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

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