Changthang language

Changthang
Changthang
Byangskat, چانگتھانگ
Native to	India, China, Pakistan
Region	Changthang
Ethnicity	Changpa
Native speakers	10,000 (2000)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Tibeto-Kanauri (?) Bodish Tibetic Ladakhi–Balti Ladakhi Changthang; ; ; ; ; ; ;
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".

[e21-1] Changthang at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)

[2] "Language of Pakistan Official National Provincial Regional Local Languages in Pak".

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