Kashmiri or Koshur is an Indo-Aryan language with about 4.5 million speakers in India, Pakistan and the UK. The Kashmiri alphabet was adopted from the Urdu version of the Arabic script.
Kashmiri first appeared in writing during the 8th century AD in the Sharda alphabet. After the arrival of Islam in Kashmir during the 15th century, the Arabic script was adapted to write Kashmiri. The Latin and Devanagari alphabets have also been used to write Kashmiri.
43,91,000 people in India speak kashmiri including 43,70,000 Kashmiri and 21,000 Kishtwari. 52.29% of the population of Jammu and Kashmir. Population total all countries 45,11,000 including Pakistan.
Three Letter Code for Kashmiri is KSH. Alternative Names are KESHUR, KASCHEMIRI, CASHMIRI, CASHMEEREE, and KACMIRI. Dialects include BAKAWALI, BUNJWALI, STANDARD KASHMIRI, KISHTWARI (KASHTAWARI, KISTWALI, KASHTWARI, KATHIAWARI), MIRASKI, POGULI, RAMBANI, RIASI, SHAH-MANSURI, SIRAJI OF DODA, SIRAJI-KASHMIRI, ZAYOLI, and ZIRAK-BOLI.
