Ladakhi–Balti languages
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The Ladakhi–Balti languages or Western Archaic Tibetan languages are a subgroup of the Tibetic languages spoken in the Ladakh region of India and in the Gilgit-Baltistan territory of Pakistan. The lects lack mutual intelligibility and are considered separate languages by their speakers. The grouping includes:
- Ladakhi (Ladakh, Tibet)
- Zangskari (Ladakh)
- Purgi (Ladakh, Baltistan)
- Balti (Baltistan, Ladakh)
- Changthang (Ladakh, Tibet)
Geographic
distributionLadakh (India), Gilgit-Baltistan (Pakistan)
distributionLadakh (India), Gilgit-Baltistan (Pakistan)
| Ladakhi–Balti | |
|---|---|
| Western Archaic Tibetan | |
| Geographic distribution | Ladakh (India), Gilgit-Baltistan (Pakistan) |
| Linguistic classification | Sino-Tibetan |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | lada1242 |
Proto-Western Tibetan has been reconstructed by Backstrom (1994).[1]
See also
- List of Proto-Western Tibetan reconstructions (Wiktionary)