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Kashmiri language

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Kashmiri
کٲشُر, कॉशुर, 𑆑𑆳𑆯𑆶𑆫𑇀
The word "Koshur" in Perso-Arabic script, Sharada script and Devanagari script
Pronunciation[kəːʃur]
Native toIndian-administered Kashmir & Neelum Valley (Azad Kashmir) Pakistan [1]
RegionNorthwestern region of the Indian subcontinent
Native speakers
6.7 million (2011 census)[2]
Dialects
  • Kashtawari (standard)
  • Poguli
  • Rambani
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 639-1ks
ISO 639-2kas
ISO 639-3kas
Glottologkash1277
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Assamese
B
Bengali
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Dogri
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Gujarati
H
Hindi
K
Kannada
Kashmiri
Konkani
M
Maithili
Malayalam
Marathi
Meitei (Manipuri)
N
Nepali
O
Odia (Oriya)
P
Punjabi
S
Sanskrit
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T
Tamil
Telugu
U
Urdu

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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]

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Kashmiri: A language of India & Pakistan". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
  2. Kashmiri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 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

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