Language code: ks
Technical information about ISO 639 language code ks
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The table below provides technical details for the Kashmiri language, designated by the ks code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
|
| Standard | |
| Name | Official Kashmiri Native कश्मीरी |
| Family | Dardic |
| Text direction | Right-to-Left |
| Language varieties | Central Kashmiri (Srinagar)Kashtawari (Kishtwari)PoguliRambani |
| Related languages | ShinaKhowarIndus KohistaniPashaiKalasha |
| Key facts | Only Dardic language with a substantial classical literary corpusExhibits complex pronominal suffixes that mark subject agreementWritten today in both Perso-Arabic and Devanagari scripts, with historical use of the Sharada scriptRetains breathy-voiced consonants lost in many other Indo-Aryan languagesVocabulary shows heavy layers of Sanskrit, Persian and Arabic borrowings |
| Sample phrase | ہیلو، تُہندِ چھُ کسُن؟ |
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Kashmiri belongs to the Indo-European language family, more specifically to the Dardic subgroup. It is one of the official languages in Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is written using the Perso-Arabic script. It is estimated that there are more than 7 million speakers worldwide.
Language presence globally
Speakers
6.6M
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Kashmiri speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
Related locale codes
ks-IN – Kashmiri (India)
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- Professional translation services
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- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- I18N Questions
- FAQ