Kashmiri language
Kashmiri (کٲشُر) is a language from the Dardic subgroup of the Indo-Aryan languages.[2] It is spoken primarily in the Kashmir Valley, in Indian-administered Kashmir, and also spoken in Neelam and Leepa valleys in Azad Kashmir, in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.[3]
| Kashmiri | ||||
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| کٲشُر, कॉशुर, 𑆑𑆳𑆯𑆶𑆫𑇀 | ||||
 The word "Koshur" in Perso-Arabic script, Sharada script and Devanagari script | ||||
| Pronunciation | [kəːʃur] | |||
| Native to | Jammu and Kashmir, India | |||
| Region | Kashmir | |||
| Native speakers | 6.7 million (2011 census)e18 | |||
| Language family | ||||
| Dialects | Kashtawari (standard)
Poguli
Rambani
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| Writing system | Perso-Arabic script (contemporary, official status),[1] Devanagari script (contemporary),[1] Sharada script (ancient/liturgical)[1] | |||
| Official status | ||||
| Official language in |  India | |||
| Language codes | ||||
| ISO 639-1 | ks | |||
| ISO 639-2 | kas | |||
| ISO 639-3 | kas | |||
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Kashmiri is one of 22 languages with official status in India.[4] In 2011, more than 6 million people knew it as their first language.[2]
Kashmiri Language Media
Kashmiri as a second and third largest mother tongue by district in Pakistan.
Related pages
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sociolinguistics (2005)Mouton de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110184181. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 George L. Campbell; Gareth King, Compendium of the World's Languages (Oxford; New York: Routledge, 2013), p. 492
- ↑ One Thousand Languages: Living, Endangered, and Lost, ed. Peter Austin (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008), p. 130
- ↑ 330 EIGHTH SCHEDULE [Articles 344 (1) and 351 Languages]. Government of India Ministry of External Affairs. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
Other websites
- The word Koshur written on manuscript Archived 2021-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
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This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Kashmiri language edition. |
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