Lahuli–Spiti languages
Appearance
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Lahuli–Spiti | |
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Western Innovative Tibetan | |
Geographic distribution | Himachal Pradesh |
Linguistic classification | Sino-Tibetan |
Glottolog | laha1255 |
The Lahuli–Spiti languages the exonym[1] for a subgroup of the Tibetic languages related to the (Stöd) Ngari Tibetan spoken in the Lahaul and Spiti region of Himachal Pradesh, India, belonging to the South-Western group of Tibetic languages, earlier classified as Western Innovative Tibetan. They are more closely related to Standard Tibetan than to the neighboring Ladakhi–Balti languages spoken further north.
According to Tournadre (2014),[2] the Lahuli–Spiti languages include:
- Lahuli (Stod Bhoti)
- Spiti
- Nyamkat
- Bhoti Kinnauri
- Tukpa (Nesang)
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