A report on Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Azad Kashmir and Gujari language

The Line of Control separates Jammu and Kashmir from the Pakistani-administered territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan in the west and north.

The language is mainly spoken in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab, Delhi and other parts of India.

In Pakistan it is mainly spoken in Azad Kashmir and Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.The government of Jammu and Kashmir has recognized Gujari by including it in the sixth schedule of the state constitution.

On its eastern side, Azad Kashmir is separated from the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (part of Indian-administered Kashmir) by the Line of Control (LoC), which serves as the de facto border between the Indian- and Pakistani-controlled parts of Kashmir.

Other major languages include Gojri (9.1%) and Pahari (7.8%).

There are also sizeable communities speaking Kashmiri (mostly in the north), Gujari (throughout the territory), and Dogri (in the south), as well as pockets of speakers of Kundal Shahi, Shina and Pashto.