Logo Voyage

Kashmiri phrasebook Voyage Tips and guide

You can check the original Wikivoyage article Here

    Kashmiri (कॉशुर, کٲشُر Koshur) is a northwestern Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Kashmir Valley in India and Azad Kashmir in Pakistan. It has about 4,611,000 speakers: 4,391,000 of whom reside in India and 105,000 of whom reside in Pakistan. While Kashmiri belongs to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European family of languages it is sometimes placed in a geographical sub-grouping called Dardic. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India.

    Just after Hindi, Kashmiri is the second fastest growing language of India, followed by Meitei (Manipuri) along with Gujarati in third place, and Bengali in fourth place.

    Writing

    [edit]

    Kashmiri has remained a spoken language up to the present time. Though some manuscripts were written in the past in the Sharada script, and then in Perso-Arabic script, Kashmiri is now written in either the Perso-Arabic script (with some modifications) or the Devanagari script. Among languages written in the Perso-Arabic script, Kashmiri is practically unique, in that it regularly indicates all vowel sounds.

    Literacy in Kashmiri is continuously neglected for political reasons and due to lack of formal education in it. It is now mostly relevant in its spoken form, and the speakers of this language are also decreasing in number. Note that the primary official language of the state of Jammu and Kashmir is not Kashmiri, but Urdu. Some Kashmiri speakers use English or Hindi as a second language. In the past few decades, Kashmiri was introduced as a subject at the university and the colleges of the Kashmir Valley. Attempts are being made to include Kashmiri in school curriculum.

    Pronunciation guide

    [edit]

    There are 17 vowels and 27 consonants in Kashmiri.

    Vowels

    [edit]
    ė
    As in Open
    ë
    Extended ė
    å
    Same as e in perturb
    ä
    Extended sound of a
    a
    same as u in up
    ā
    As u in up
    i
    as i in sit
    ī
    as ee in see
    u
    as u in put
    ū
    as oo in zoo
    ê
    as e in ten
    e
    as a in pay
    ō
    as o in oh!
    ö
    as wo in swot
    o
    as o in home
    ņ
    as n in sing
    ~
    as i in sip spoken faintly

    Consonants

    [edit]
    k
    same as c in cat
    kh
    same as kh in khan
    g
    as g in got
    c
    as zz in pizza
    çh
    sounds like ts as in huts
    c
    same as ch in chin
    ch
    same as ch in church
    j
    same as j in jug
    th
    as in thatch
    d
    like th in then
    n
    as n in no
    ţ
    like t in teacher
    ţh
    as th in thug
    đ
    as d in did
    p
    as p in pen
    ph
    as f in fall
    b
    like b in boy
    m
    like m in man
    y
    like y in yes
    r
    like r in red
    l
    like l in leg
    v
    as v in van
    sh
    as sh in she
    s
    as s in so
    z
    as z in zoo
    h
    as h in how

    Phrase list

    [edit]

    Basics

    [edit]
    Hello
    Talking to a Muslim (Assalām ‘alaikum), Talking to a Hindu (Namaskār)
    Hello (informal)
    halo
    How are you?
    Toh chiv väri ?
    Fine, thank you
    Ähansa, Me-Hur-Ba-e-Ni
    What is your name?
    Çê kyāh chuy nāv ?
    My name is ______
    Be chus _____
    Nice to meet you
    Tö-hi Mel-Yiţh Gā-Yi Ma War-Yah Kush-Ti
    Please
    Ba-Lai La-Gai
    Thank you
    Me-Hur-Ba-e-Ni
    Yes
    Ên
    No
    Na
    Goodbye
    Talking to a Muslim (Assalām ‘alaikum), Talking to a Hindu (Namaskār)
    I can't speak Kashmiri
    Mê chunė käshur tagān
    Do you speak English?
    Çė chukhė aņgrīz bolān ?
    I don't understand
    Mê chunė phikrī tagān

    Problems

    [edit]
    What is this ?
    Yi Kyāh chu ?
    What do you want?
    Çê Kyāh gaçhiy ?

    Numbers

    [edit]
    Zero
    Siphar
    One
    Akh
    Two
    Three
    Trê
    Four
    Çor
    Five
    Pāņçh
    Six
    Shê
    Seven
    Sath
    Eight
    Äţh
    Nine
    Nav
    Ten
    Dāh

    Time

    [edit]

    What is the time?: Vakhėt kyāh āv? or Kāç bajeyi?

    Clock time

    [edit]

    The time is five o clock: Vakhėt chu pāņçi baji

    Days

    [edit]
    Sunday
    Āthvār
    Monday
    Çāņdėrvār
    Tuesday
    Bomvār
    Wednesday
    Bödvār
    Thursday
    Brêsvār
    Friday
    Jumāh (Talking to a Muslim), Shakurvār (Talking to a Hindu)
    Saturday
    Baţėvār

    Colors

    [edit]
    Black
    Krūhun
    Blue
    Ņyūl
    Brown
    Dālcīn
    Colour
    Raņg
    Orange
    Saņgtar
    Red
    Vözul
    Yellow
    Lyōdur
    Dark
    Shokh
    Green
    Sabėz
    Grey
    Sūr
    Light
    Halkė
    Purple
    Lājėvār
    White
    Saphed

    Bus and train

    [edit]

    Where from does the bus leave?: Bas kati pêţhė chi nerān?

    Directions

    [edit]
    Left
    Kho-vur
    Right
    Daçhyan
    How many kilometres?
    Kaç kilomitar dūr?
    How far away is the city?
    Shāhr kotāh dūr chu?

    Taxi

    [edit]

    Where is the taxi?: Taxi kati chu?

    Lodging

    [edit]

    Where is the hotel?: Hotel kati chu?

    Eating

    [edit]

    Where is the restaurant?: Restaurant kati chu?

    Money

    [edit]

    How much is it?: Yi kotāh chu ?

    Authority

    [edit]

    Who is the boss (officer) here?: Yêti kus chu aphsar?

    This Kashmiri phrasebook is an outline and needs more content. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. Please plunge forward and help it grow!


    Discover



    Powered by GetYourGuide