Changthang language
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| Changthang | |
|---|---|
| Byangskat | |
| Native to | Ladakh |
| Region | Changthang |
Native speakers | 10,000 (2000)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
| |
| Tibetan script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cna |
| Glottolog | chan1309 |
Changthang, also known as Byangskat and Upper Ladakhi, is a Bodish language of the Changthang region on the border of Tibet and Ladakh. Speakers identify ethnically with the Ladakhi, but mutual intellibility of the languages is not high.
References[edit]
- ^ Changthang at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)