Changthang language
Ladakhi dialect of Ladakh, India and Tibet, China
| Changthang | |
|---|---|
| Byangskat, چانگتھانگ | |
| Native to | India, China, Pakistan |
| Region | Changthang |
| Ethnicity | Changpa |
Native speakers | 10,000 (2000)[1] |
Language family | Sino-Tibetan
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Writing system | Tibetan script (official), Perso-Arabic script (in Pakistan) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cna |
| Glottolog | chan1309 |
Changthang Skad, also known as Byangskat and Upper Ladakhi, is a dialect of Ladakhi language spoken in a Changthang region on the border of Tibet and Ladakh. Speakers identify ethnically with the Ladakhi, but mutual intelligibility of the languages is not high. A few speakers can also be found in the Baltistan region of Pakistan.[2]
References
- ^ Changthang at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)
- ^ "Language of Pakistan Official National Provincial Regional Local Languages in Pak".
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Sino-Tibetan branches
(Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim)
| Greater Magaric |
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(Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal)
| "Naga" | |
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| Sal |
| Burmo-Qiangic |
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(Arunachal)
| Greater Siangic |
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Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches.
