Changthang language
Changthang | |
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Byangskat, چانگتھانگ | |
Native to | Changthang |
Ethnicity | Changpa |
Native speakers | 10,000 (2000)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | cna |
Glottolog | chan1309 |
Changthang Skad, also known as Byangskat and Upper Ladakhi, is a dialect of
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]