Kashmiri language

Kashmiri
کٲشُر, कॉशुर, 𑆑𑆳𑆯𑆶𑆫𑇀
The word "Koshur" in Perso-Arabic script, Sharada script and Devanagari script
Pronunciation[kəːʃur]
Native toJammu & Kashmir, India
RegionNorthwestern region of India
Native speakers
6.7 million (2011 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Kashtawari (standard)
  • Poguli
  • Rambani
Perso-Arabic script (contemporary, official status),[2]
Devanagari script (contemporary),[2]
Sharada script (ancient/liturgical)[2]
Official status
Official language in
 India
Language codes
ISO 639-1ks
ISO 639-2kas
ISO 639-3kas
Glottologkash1277
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Constitutionally recognised languages of India
Category
Scheduled Languages

A
Assamese
B
Bengali
Bodo
D
Dogri
G
Gujarati
H
Hindi
K
Kannada
Kashmiri
Konkani
M
Maithili
Malayalam
Marathi
Meitei (Manipuri)
N
Nepali
O
Odia (Oriya)
P
Punjabi
S
Sanskrit
Santali
Sindhi
T
Tamil
Telugu
U
Urdu

Related

Official languages of India
Languages with official status in India

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]

References

  1. Kashmiri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sociolinguistics. Mouton de Gruyter. 2005. ISBN 9783110184181. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
  3. George L. Campbell; Gareth King, Compendium of the World's Languages (Oxford; New York: Routledge, 2013), p. 492
  4. One Thousand Languages: Living, Endangered, and Lost, ed. Peter Austin (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008), p. 130

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