Kashmiri language
Kashmiri (کٲشُر) is a language from the Dardic subgroup of the Indo-Aryan languages.[3] It is spoken primarily in the Kashmir Valley, in Indian-occupied Kashmir, and also spoken in Neelam and Leepa valleys in Azad Kashmir, in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.[4]
| Kashmiri | ||||
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| کٲشُر, कॉशुर, 𑆑𑆳𑆯𑆶𑆫𑇀 | ||||
 The word "Koshur" in Perso-Arabic script, Sharada script and Devanagari script | ||||
| Pronunciation | [kəːʃur] | |||
| Native to | Indian-administered Kashmir & Neelum Valley (Azad Kashmir) Pakistan [1] | |||
| Region | Northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent | |||
| 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),[2] Devanagari script (contemporary),[2] Sharada script (ancient/liturgical)[2] | |||
| Official status | ||||
| Official language in |  India  Pakistan[1] | |||
| Language codes | ||||
| ISO 639-1 | ks | |||
| ISO 639-2 | kas | |||
| ISO 639-3 | kas | |||
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Related pages
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Kashmiri: A language of India & Pakistan". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sociolinguistics. Mouton de Gruyter. 2005. ISBN 9783110184181. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
- ↑ 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
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. |
