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Kashmiri language

NameKashmiri
Nativename   
FamilycolorIndo-European
StatesJammu and Kashmir (India) Azad Kashmir (Pakistan)
RegionNorthwestern region of the Indian subcontinent
Speakers4.6 million
Fam2Indo-Iranian
Fam3Dardic
Fam4Kashmiri languages
ScriptPerso-Arabic script (contemporary),
Devanagari script (contemporary),
Sharada script (ancient/liturgical)
NationIndia
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Kashmiri ( Koshur) is a language from the Dardic sub-group and it is spoken primarily in the Kashmir Valley, in Jammu and Kashmir. There are approximately 5,554,496 speakers in Jammu and Kashmir, according to the Census of 2001. Most of the 105,000 speakers or so in Pakistan are émigrés from the Kashmir Valley after the partition of India. They include a few speakers residing in border villages in Neelum District.

The Kashmiri language is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India, and is a part of the Sixth Schedule in the constitution of the Jammu and Kashmir. Along with other regional languages mentioned in the Sixth Schedule, as well as Hindi and Urdu, the Kashmiri language is to be developed in the state. Some Kashmiri speakers frequently use Hindi as a second language, though the most frequently used second language is Urdu. Since November 2008, the Kashmiri language has been made a compulsory subject in all schools in the Valley up to

the secondary level.


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