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The '''Kashmiri people''' are a [[Dard people|Dardic]] [[ethnic group]] living in the central valley of [[Kashmir]] in the disputed state of [[Jammu and Kashmir]]. They speak the [[Kashmiri language]]. Kashmiri is an [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] language. The Kashmiris are also known as '''Koshur'''.

There are about 7.1 million people speaking the Kashmiri language. About 6.7 million<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language-2011/Statement-1.pdf|title=Census of Indian languages 2011}}</ref> of them live in [[Jammu and Kashmir]], and about 350,000<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1410447|title=CCI defers approval of census results until elections|last=Kiani|first=Khaleeq|date=28 May 2018|access-date=2020-03-17}}</ref> in [[Azad Kashmir]] and the [[Northern Areas|Federally Administered Northern Areas]] (FANA) in Pakistan. Although all residents of [[Azad Kashmir]] call themselves 'Kashmiri', most residents of [[Azad Kashmir]] are not ethnic Kashmiris.{{Efn-ua|{{harvtxt|Snedden, Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris|2015|p=10}}: "Confusingly, the term ‘Kashmiri’ also has wider connotations and uses. Some people in Azad Kashmir call themselves ‘Kashmiris’. This is despite most Azad Kashmiris not being of Kashmiri ethnicity."}}

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== Bibliography ==
;Scholarly books:
* {{citation |last=Snedden |first=Christopher |title=Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s5KMCwAAQBAJ |year=2015 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-1-84904-342-7 |ref={{sfnref|Snedden, Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris|2015}}}}

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Kashmiri people - Revision history

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