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Kashmiri in India

Speakers

6,797,587

Type

Spoken language

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Location

India

Kashmiri in India

Country

India

Language status situation

Potentially vulnerable

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Language situation

Safe

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Information available

1. Basics

Names

Kashmiri in India

Size

6,797,587

2. Status

Status

Official country wide language
Official regional language
Official minority language
Recognised community language
Unrecognised community language

National language

Yes

Indigenous language

Yes

Administrative units of the country

Jammu and Kashmir

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

Digital

Yes

Comments

Textbooks, literature, novel, stories, critics, poems etc.
Literature:
https://archive.org/details/booksbylanguage_kashmiri
Textbooks:
https://jkbose.nic.in/PageDoc/636742036684700600Kashmiriclass10th.pdf
https://jkbose.nic.in/PageDoc/636741976720073368kashmiriclass8th.pdf
https://jkbose.nic.in/PageDoc/636741365706317992Kashmiriclass6th.pdf

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Video

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

Digital

Yes

Comments

Movies, news, songs, dance, language lessons, conversation, alphabets are available in Kashmiri.
https://archive.org/details/jesus-film-kashmiri-language

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Audio

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

Digital

Yes

Comments

Songs, lessons, speeches etc available
https://archive.org/details/EvergreenKashmiriSongsAudio
http://koshur.org/LearnKashmiri/chapter4/index.html

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Documentation: descriptions

Elaborated dictionaries, grammars, statistical language models, etc.
Dictionaries and grammars
Dictionary and grammar
Glossary and descriptions
Few descriptions
No descriptions

Digital

Yes

Comments

Descriptive grammars, elaborated dictionaries and other linguistic works done on Kashmiri language are available.
https://www.indianculture.gov.in/ebooks/dictionary-kashmiri-language
https://koshur.org/SpokenKashmiri/pdf/glossary.pdf
http://ikashmir.net/onkoul/pdf/DictionaryProverbs.pdf
https://kashmirculturaltrust.in/op/ModernKashmiriGrammar.pdf

Standardization

Modern standard language
Young standard language
Standardised language
Quasi-standard language
Semi-standardised language
Un-standardised language

Graphisation & script encoding

Standardised writing system with full script encoding
Conventionalised writing system with partial script encoding
Consistent writing system with no script encoding
Unsystematic writing system(s)
Limited written use
No written use

Comments

Kashmiri written with Arabic script, Naskh variant, Devanagari and Latin script.

4. Users

Geographical distribution

Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
Users live in one [state/...] of the country
Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
Users live scattered all over the country

Settlements

Rural
Urban

Size / Number of users

Number of users

6797587

Source

census

Year

2011

Users within total population

Users within the reference community

Age distribution of users

Generational use

All generations

Educational attainment

Occupational qualifications

Language competence

Literacy of users

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Geographic scope

International
Supranational
Cross-border (states)
State-wide
Supra-regional cross-border
Supra-regional
Regional cross-border
Regional
Local

Economic dimension

Functional dimension

Functional use in administration

Language use in administration

International level
National level
Regional level
Local level
Auxiliary use
No use

Types of language use

signed / spoken use
written use
digital use

Ethnoculture

No use
Informal learning
Skills and knowledge
Performing arts
Social practices
Customary law
Traditional medicine
Knowledge and practices
Traditions and expressions

Formal Education

Early childhood education

Primary level

Lower secondary level

Higher secondary level

Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Language not used
Translations
Healthcare information
Nursing care (incl. elderly)
Doctor-patient communication
Generally used

Information, communication and cultural production

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

Legal system

Language use in the legal system

General use
Legal transactions
Court proceedings
Written submissions
Spoken/signed testimonies
Language not used

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