The Kashmiri is a separate and distinct language of the Indic branch of the great Indo-European or Aryan family of languages, which extends from India to the Atlantic Ocean. It is alluded to by name by Marco Paolo and Ab-ul-Fazal. The term "Kashmiri," as a language, is held to include several dialects spoken in the adjacent hills, but their variations in phonetics, structure, and word-store, have not yet been scientifically analyzed. There is a special ...
