Kashmiri language

E147793

Indo-Aryan language natural language

Kashmiri language is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Kashmir Valley, written in multiple scripts including a Perso-Arabic–based Nastaʿlīq script.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Kashmiri	12
Kashmiri language canonical	6

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1296058 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kashmiri language
Context triple: [Nastaʿlīq, usedForLanguage, Kashmiri language]

A. Dogri
Dogri is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Jammu region of India and surrounding areas, recognized as one of the official languages of India.
B. Punjabi language
Punjabi language is an Indo-Aryan language widely spoken in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan and among large diaspora communities worldwide.
C. Sant Bhasha
Sant Bhasha is a historical North Indian devotional literary language used in Sikh and related spiritual poetry, written in the Gurmukhi script.
D. Saraiki
Saraiki is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in central and southern Pakistan, especially in the southern Punjab region.
E. Khowar
Khowar is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken in the Chitral region of Pakistan and parts of neighboring areas, known for its rich oral tradition and distinct phonology.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kashmiri language
Target entity description: Kashmiri language is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Kashmir Valley, written in multiple scripts including a Perso-Arabic–based Nastaʿlīq script.

A. Dogri
Dogri is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Jammu region of India and surrounding areas, recognized as one of the official languages of India.
B. Punjabi language
Punjabi language is an Indo-Aryan language widely spoken in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan and among large diaspora communities worldwide.
C. Sant Bhasha
Sant Bhasha is a historical North Indian devotional literary language used in Sikh and related spiritual poetry, written in the Gurmukhi script.
D. Saraiki
Saraiki is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in central and southern Pakistan, especially in the southern Punjab region.
E. Khowar
Khowar is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken in the Chitral region of Pakistan and parts of neighboring areas, known for its rich oral tradition and distinct phonology.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indo-Aryan language ⓘ natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Kohistani languages ⓘ Shina language ⓘ
hasLoanwordsFrom	Arabic ⓘ surface form: Arabic language Persian language ⓘ Urdu language ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature	case inflection ⓘ ergative alignment in past tense transitive clauses ⓘ gender distinction (masculine and feminine) ⓘ postpositions ⓘ
hasOfficialStatusIn	India ⓘ Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive vowel length ⓘ rich system of central vowels ⓘ tone or pitch accent in some analyses ⓘ
influencedBy	Arabic ⓘ surface form: Arabic language Persian language ⓘ Sanskrit language ⓘ
ISO639-1Code	ks ⓘ
ISO639-2Code	kas ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	kas ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ surface form: Indo-Aryan Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European Indo-Iranian ⓘ
nativeName	کٲشُر ⓘ कॉशुर ⓘ
officialStatus	scheduled language of India ⓘ
partOf	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
primaryRegion	India ⓘ Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ Kashmir Valley ⓘ Azad Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ surface form: Pakistan-administered Kashmir
scriptDirection	left-to-right (Devanagari) ⓘ right-to-left (Perso-Arabic) ⓘ
spokenIn	India ⓘ Jammu Division ⓘ surface form: Jammu region Kashmir Valley ⓘ Kashmiri diaspora communities ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ
subclassOf	Dardic language ⓘ Northwestern Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
usedFor	administration in Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ education ⓘ literature ⓘ media ⓘ
writingSystem	Devanagari script ⓘ Nastaʿlīq ⓘ surface form: Nastaʿlīq script Perso-Arabic script ⓘ Sharada script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nastaʿlīq → usedForLanguage → Kashmiri language ⓘ

Arabic alphabet → usedFor → Kashmiri language ⓘ

Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India → languageListed → Kashmiri language ⓘ