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 | |
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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)[2] |
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| 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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| Constitutionally recognised languages of India | |
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| Scheduled Languages | |
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Related pages
References
- "Kashmiri: A language of India & Pakistan". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
- Kashmiri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- 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
Kashmiri edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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