Kashmiri, also known by its endonym Koshur, is an Indo-Aryan language of the Dardic branch spoken by around 7 million Kashmiris of the Kashmir region, primarily in the Kashmir Valley and surrounding hills of the Indian-administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Facts
ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2011 estimate, native speakers. RegionKashmir (Kashmir Valley and surrounding areas of Jammu and Kashmir, parts of northern Azad Kashmir) 1 Connections
Written In
Kashmiri is occasionally romanized, but its official scripts are Perso-Arabic (Jammu and Kashmir) and Devanagari (used in India); recorded here for the Latin-based transliteration convention used in linguistic literature.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Kashmiri Language
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Kashmiri, also known by its endonym Koshur, is an Indo-Aryan language of the Dardic branch spoken by around 7 million Kashmiris of the Kashmir region, primarily in the Kashmir Valley and surrounding hills of the Indian-administrated union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, over half the population of that territory. Kashmiri has split ergativity and the unusual verb-second word order.
Infobox, ISO 639-3
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Infobox, Speakers
7.1 million (2011)
Infobox, Region
Kashmir (Kashmir Valley and surrounding areas of Jammu and Kashmir, parts of northern Azad Kashmir)
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