[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello! My name is Aakriti Khaibri. I live in Delhi, am 24 years old. Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.00,0:00:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I originally hail from Jammu, born into a Kashmiri family. Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.00,0:00:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother tongue is Kashmiri. I would be briefing on that in the next coupled of minutes. Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.00,0:00:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kashmiri language has almost 56 lac speakers, over 56 actually. Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.00,0:00:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And It is influenced by Dard, Persian, and Sanskrit languages, this can be well observed from Kashmiri. Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.00,0:00:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Place and religion play a role too. Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.00,0:00:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take the Hindustani word, 'paani' (water), for example. Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.00,0:00:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kashmiri Muslims would call it 'aab', 'aab' being a Persian word. Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.00,0:01:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While Kashmiri Hindus call it 'poen', both 'paani' and 'poen' being similar sounding. Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.00,0:01:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kashmiri is way different than the Hindustani language Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.00,0:01:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is written in Nastaliq (Urdu) and Sharda scripts. Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.00,0:01:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sharda is unfortunately not used as much. Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.00,0:01:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We generally use Devanagri for writing Kashmiri. Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.00,0:01:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our Kashmiri Calendar (also called 'necshpatir' / 'janthri') Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.00,0:01:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been written in Devanagri - the latest one. Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.00,0:01:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel we should work towards preserving our older languages, scripts, cultures. Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.00,0:02:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And educate the younger generations about our culture and values. Thank you!