Changthang language explained

Changthang
Nativename:Byangskat, چانگتھانگ
States:India, China, Pakistan
Ethnicity:Changpa
Region:Changthang
Date:2000
Ref:e21
Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:Tibeto-Burman
Fam3:Tibeto-Kanauri (?)
Fam4:Bodish
Fam5:Tibetic
Fam6:Ladakhi–Balti
Fam7:Ladakhi
Script:Tibetan script (official), Perso-Arabic script (in Pakistan)
Iso3:cna
Glotto:chan1309
Glottorefname:Changthang

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.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Language of Pakistan Official National Provincial Regional Local Languages in Pak .