Keşmirliler

Also known as Kashmiris, Kashmiri

Kashmiri people () are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group speaking the Kashmiri language and originating from the Kashmir Valley region, which is located in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.

Key facts

Ethnic group.group: Kashmiris
Ethnic group.image: Rouf Dance.jpg
Ethnic group.caption: Kashmiri women performing the Rouf dance at a festival in New Delhi, India, 2011
Ethnic group.pop1: 6,797,587 (Jammu and Kashmir (1952–2019), (2011)*
Ethnic group.pop2: 3,330,000 (Lahore District, 2017)†132,450 (Azad Kashmir, 1998)*
Ethnic group.langs: Kashmiri, Urdu
Ethnic group.rels: Majority:IslamMinority:
Ethnic group.related: Other Indo-Aryan peoples
Ethnic group.footnotes: The population figures are only for the number of speakers of the Kashmiri language. May not include ethnic Kashmiris who no longer speak the Kashmiri language. †The population figures are for those who self-identify as ethnic Kashmiris, with almost none speaking the language anymore.
Ethnic group.native_name_lang: ks