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  Volunteers keeping ‘Koshur’ alive!

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Peerzada Iflaq

Kashmiri language, commonly known as ‘Koshur’, belongs to the Dardic subgroup of Indo-Aryan languages. The language is primarily spoken in Jammu and Kashmir, India, and surrounding regions. The language is spoken by more than 70 lakh people.

In this digital era, where most of the information is stored online Kashmiri language lags behind in creating an online presence. The Kashmiri language lacks adequate representation in such areas, creating a learning gap for youth who are more intended to learn from online resources.

Even though the Kashmiri language has vast literature in the form of books, novels, and poetry, there is a need to digitize the Kashmiri language so that it can adapt to the current times and benefit from it. Not all have access to the books but in coming days if not everyone, most of the people will have the access because the use internet in growing tremendously. This fact creates an urge to create online content in the Kashmiri langue.

‘Volunteers from Kashmir’ are now bridging this gap by contributing to the online Kashmiri Wikipedia which is a project of Wikipedia in the Kashmiri language. Kashmiri Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia which is created by volunteers across the world. They create pages on different topics from Biographies of notable people to science and technology. Located at https://ks.wikipediaKashmiri Wikipedia has currently more than 1000 articles inthe Kashmiri language.

In present times Wikipedia is an important source of information. It covers every aspect of life, making the Kashmiri language a part of it can help both the language and people who want to learn. People writing in Kashmiri for platforms like Wikipedia is important to pass the information and knowledge to our coming generation. These steps should be encouraged so that the language will adapt to present times.

(The writer holds a Bsc degree in Radiology)


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