Kashmiri

About Kashmiri

Kashmiri, Koshur, is the language of the Kashmir Valley in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, and it is also spoken in Pakistani-administered Kashmir. It is one of the 22 languages listed in the Indian Constitution and belongs to the Dardic group of Indo-Aryan languages.

Kashmiri is usually written in a form of the Perso-Arabic script, from right to left, and it is also written in Devanagari. The guides give the words in Latin letters, and spellings in Latin letters vary a lot between sources.

FamilyIndo-European, Indo-Aryan (Dardic)
Where spokenIndia (Jammu and Kashmir), Pakistan
ScriptPerso-Arabic script, also Devanagari
Codesks (ISO 639-1), kas (ISO 639-3)

Classification: Wikidata. Retrieved 26 September 2026.

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