Changthang language
| Changthang | |
|---|---|
| ཆངཐང་སཀད | |
| Native to | India, China |
| Region | Changthang |
| Ethnicity | Changpa |
Native speakers | (10,000 cited 2000)[1] |
| Tibetan script | |
| 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 of the language are known as Changpa and identify ethnically with the Ladakhis, but mutual intelligibility of the languages is not high.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Changthang at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)
- ↑ "List of Scheduled Tribes". Census of India: Government of India. 7 March 2007. Archived from the original on 5 June 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
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