Kashmiri language

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/kashmiri-language

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1. What is the estimated speaker population?Approximately 7 million speakers
2. What is the primary geographic concentration?Kashmir Valley and adjacent hilly regions within Jammu and Kashmir, India
3. What is the Kashmiri language and where is it spoken?The Kashmiri language, also called Koshur, is spoken in the beautiful Kashmir Valley. It is the main language for more than half of the people in the Indian‑administered part of Jammu and Kashmir.
4. Why is Kashmiri also called Koshur?Koshur is the name that people in Kashmir use for their own language. It means “our language” and shows how proud they are of it.

Endonym: The name for a place or language used by the people who live there or speak it.
Dardic Languages: A group of Indo-Aryan languages spoken in parts of northern Pakistan and northeastern Afghanistan.
Transitive Verb: A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning.
Intransitive Verb: A verb that does not require a direct object.