Ladakhi

Ladakhi
ལ་དྭགས་སྐད།
Native toIndia, China, Pakistan
RegionLadakh, Tibet, Baltistan
EthnicityLadakhis
Native speakers
27,000 (2011)[1][2]
Tibetan script
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
lbj – Ladakhi
zau – Zangskari
ELPLadakhi

Ladakhi (ལ་དྭགས་སྐད་) is a language spoken by the Ladakhi people in India, Pakistan, and China. Ladakhi is closely related to Balti, a language spoken in the neighboring region of Baltistan in Pakistan. The two major dialects of Ladakhi are Zangskari and Changthang.[3] The Ladakhi language is also locally known as Bhoti or Bhotia and has been known by that by the Indian government.[4] Ladakhi contains many loanwords from Kashmiri and Hindi.[5] Ladakhi is spoken by 15,000 people in India, 12,000 China and about 900 in Pakistan.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues – 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "Ladakhi". Ethnologue. Retrieved 30 Dec 2022.
  3. ↑ Koshal, Sanyukta (1990). "The Ladakhi Language and ITS Regional Perspectives" (PDF). Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 44 (1/2): 13–22. JSTOR 23658103.
  4. ↑ "Bhoti is not a language: Why parts of Ladakh has an issue with the Education Department's language plan".
  5. ↑ "Ladakhi language and alphabet".
  6. ↑ "Ladakhi | Ethnologue Free".
  7. ↑ "Try Again | Joshua Project". joshuaproject.net. Retrieved 2023-11-24.