Kashmiris
Kashmiris (Kashmiri pronunciation: [kəːʃirʲ]) are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group speaking the Kashmiri language and originating from the Kashmir Valley, which is today located in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.
Kashmiri girls performing the Rouf dance at a festival in New Delhi, India, 2011 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| India | 6,797,587 (Jammu and Kashmir (1952 to 2019), 2011)* |
| Pakistan | 3,330,000 (Lahore only, 2017) 132,450 (Azad Kashmir, 1998) |
| Canada | 6,165 |
| Languages | |
| Kashmiri, Urdu | |
| Religion | |
| Majority: Islam (Sunni majority, Shia minority) Minority: | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Indo-Aryan peoples | |
*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. | |
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