Monday, June 16, 2008

Languages of Kashmir

The most dominant of all Kashmir languages is the native Kashmiri language. Other common languages of Kashmir valley are Urdu, Hindi and English. The
following lines provide more information about the major languages spoken in Kashmir: Kashmiri Majority of the population in Kashmir speaks.
KashmiriKashmiri is an Indo-Aryan language and is popularly known as Koshur.
HindiThe second most spoken language of Kashmir is Hindi. It is mainly spoken by the Kashmiri Pandits and the Gujjar population of Kashmir.
UrduThe Muslim population in Kashmir speaks Urdu language. An Indo-European language, it sounds very much similar to Hindi. Also, Urdu is the only language that
is written and read from right to left.
EnglishYou will easily find locals conversing in English in Kashmir, especially the businessmen, guides, etc.


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I think u should have written about other languages spoken all over the jammu and kashmir.i.e ajk, gilget, ladakh!anyways just a suggestion:).