Kashmiri people
The Kashmiri people are a Dardic ethnic group living in the central valley of Kashmir in the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir. They speak the Kashmiri language. Kashmiri is an Indo-Aryan language. The Kashmiris are also known as Koshur.
 A Kashmiri man with his grandson | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
 India (Jammu and Kashmir) | 6,797,587 (2011)*[1] |
 Pakistan (outside Azad Kashmir) | 353,064 (2017)*[2] |
| Pakistan (Azad Kashmir) | 132,450 (as per 1998 census)[3] |
 Canada | 6,165[4] |
| Languages | |
| Kashmiri | |
| Religion | |
Majority: Islam(Sunni majority, Shia minority) Minority: | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Indo-Aryan peoples | |
*The population figures are only for the number of speakers of the Kashmiri language. May not include ethnic Kashmiris who no longer speak the Kashmiri language. | |
There are about 7.1 million people speaking the Kashmiri language. About 6.7 million[5] of them live in Jammu and Kashmir, and about 350,000[6] in Azad Kashmir and the Federally Administered Northern Areas (FANA) in Pakistan. Although all residents of Azad Kashmir call themselves 'Kashmiri', most residents of Azad Kashmir are not ethnic Kashmiris but rather a northern subgroup of Punjabis who speak a northern Punjabi dialect.[upper-alpha 1]
Kashmiri People Media
Ethnic Kashmiri girls in traditional pheran
Kashmiri Hindu priests in the 1890s
Kashmiri Samovar and Noon Chai
Notes
- ↑ Snedden, Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris (2015, p. 10): "Confusingly, the term ‘Kashmiri’ also has wider connotations and uses. Some people in Azad Kashmir call themselves ‘Kashmiris’. This is despite most Azad Kashmiris not being of Kashmiri ethnicity."
Bibliography
- Scholarly books
- Snedden, Christopher (2015), Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-1-84904-342-7
References
- ↑ "Abstract Of Speakers' Strength of Languages And Mother Tongues – 2011" (PDF). Census India (.gov). 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ↑ Kiani, Khaleeq (28 May 2018). "CCI defers approval of census results until elections". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ↑ Shakil, Mohsin (2012), Languages of Erstwhile State of Jammu Kashmir (A Preliminary Study)
- ↑ "Canada 2021 Census Profile". Census Profile, 2021 Census. Statistics Canada Statistique Canada. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ↑ "Census of Indian languages 2011" (PDF).
- ↑ Kiani, Khaleeq (28 May 2018). "CCI defers approval of census results until elections". Retrieved 2020-03-17.
