Recorded from the 14th centuryAcross the Valley
Koshur, the language of the Valley.
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Kashmiri, called Koshur by its speakers, is an Indo-Aryan language. Its written literature begins with the verses of Lal Ded and Nund Rishi, and it has been written in the Sharada, Devanagari and Perso-Arabic scripts. Today it is written mostly in Perso-Arabic script.
Facts
- It became one of the official languages of Jammu and Kashmir in 2020.
- Kashmiri has many words borrowed from Sanskrit, Persian and Arabic, reflecting the Valley's history.
