Kashmiri is a unique Indian language. This language is spoken in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, in the north of India. Kashmiri is analytic like the modern Indian languages of Sanskritic stock, and also synthetic like the Old Indo-Aryan. Thus, this language possesses the characteristics of both the languages.
According to researchers, Kashmiri has descended from the Vedic speech. References to rivers and mountains in Kashmir, are made in the hymns of the Rig Veda. Kashmiri script is similar to Urdu.
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