Kashmiri language

Kashmiri (کٲشُر) is a language from the Dardic subgroup of the Indo-Aryan languages.^[4] It is spoken primarily in the Kashmir Valley, in Indian-administered Kashmir and Neelam and Leepa valleys in Azad Kashmir.^[5]

Kashmiri
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)[2]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Dardic Kashmiri
Dialects	Kashtawari (standard) Poguli Rambani
Writing system	Perso-Arabic script (contemporary, official status),[3] Devanagari script (contemporary),[3] Sharada script (ancient/liturgical)[3]
Official status
Official language in	India  Pakistan[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-1	ks
ISO 639-2	kas
ISO 639-3	kas
Glottolog	kash1277
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Related pages

• Languages of Pakistan

References

1. "Kashmiri: A language of India & Pakistan". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
2. Kashmiri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
3. Sociolinguistics. Mouton de Gruyter. 2005. ISBN 9783110184181. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
4. George L. Campbell; Gareth King, Compendium of the World's Languages (Oxford; New York: Routledge, 2013), p. 492
5. 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