Kashmiris na a rukunin yarukan Dardic na kabil yan ƙabila mazauna yankunan Tuddan Kashmir wanda a farko suke zaune a yanking Jammu da Kashmir a ƙasar Indiyawa . Yaren Kashmiri, wanda aka sanya shi a matsayin wani ɓangare na reshen Dardic na manyan harsunan Indo-Aryan, yana aiki ne a matsayin asalin asalin ƙabilar da asalin yare, yayin da mafi yawan ko mutanen Kashmiri duk suna magana da Indiyanci da Urdu a matsayin ingantaccen yare na biyu. Kashmiris na kabilanci sun fi yawa a cikin Kashmir Valley - wanda ake ganin Kashmir ya dace daga fannin fasaha, don haka ban da sauran yankuna na tsohuwar sarauta ta Jammu da Kashmir (Jammu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Kashmir da Ladakh) waɗanda suke Hakanan galibi ana haɗuwa tare azaman babbar ƙungiya kuma ana kiranta wani ɓangare na yankin Kashmir. [babba-alpha 1] Sauran kabilun dake zaune a tsohuwar yankin Jammu da Kashmir sun hada da Gujjars, Dogras, Paharis, Baltis da Ladakhis . a auk da yake Kashmiris na asali asalinsu ne na kwarin Kashmir, ƙananan mazaunan Kashmiris kuma suna zaune a sauran gundumomin Jammu da Kashmir.