Zangskari language
| Zangskari | |
|---|---|
| Zanskari, Zaskari, Zangs-dkar, Z’angkar | |
| ཟངས་དཀར | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Zanskar, Ladakh |
Native speakers | 12,000 (2000)[1] |
| Tibetan script, Arabic script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | zau |
| Glottolog | zang1248 |
| ELP | Zangskari |
Zangskari dialect (Zanskari, Zaskari) is an
Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh, and Paddar, Jammu and Kashmir.[2] It is written using the Tibetan script.[3]
Zangskari is divided into four homogeneous groups, namely Oot (Stod) or Upper Zanskari spoken along the Doda River, Zhung (Gžun) or Central Zanskari mostly spoken in Padum valley, Sham (Gšam) or Lower Zanskari spoken along the lower portions of Zanskar River and lastly Lungnak (Luŋnag) along the upper Zanskar River region.[4]
References
- ^ Zangskari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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- ^ "Zangskari". Script Source. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ISBN 978-9004194489.
Further reading
- Paul Hattaway (2004). "Zangskari". Peoples of the Buddhist World: A Christian Prayer Diary. William Carey Library. ISBN 0878083618.
- Braj B. Kachru; Yamuna Kachru; S. N. Sridhar (2008). "Tibeto-Burman". Language in South Asia. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521781411.
- Jonathan Mingle (2015), Glossary of Zanskari-Ladakhi Words, St. Martin's Press, pp. 405–409
External links
- Endangered Languages Project Profile for Zangskari
- "Zangskari Numerals". Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
- YouTube video of Zangskari on YouTube
- Linguistic Map of Zangskari
- Free-access archived version of Zangskari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015). Archived 1 December 2016.
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| Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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| Eastern Himalayas (Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo-Burmese border |
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| East and Southeast Asia |
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Arunachal ) |
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