Changthang language
Changthang | |
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ཆངཐང་སཀད | |
Native to | China, India, Pakistan |
Region | Tibet, Ladakh, Baltistan |
Ethnicity | Changpa |
Native speakers | 10,000 (2000)[1] |
Tibetan script, Arabic Script | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | cna |
Glottolog | chan1309 |
Changthang Skad, also known as Byangskat or Upper Ladakhi, (Ladakhi: ཆངཐང་སཀད) is a dialect of Ladakhi language spoken in a Changthang region on the border of Tibet, Ladakh and Baltistan. Speakers identify ethnically with the Ladakhi, but mutual intellibility of the languages is not high. A few speakers can also be found in the Baltistan region of Pakistan.[2]