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{{Short description|Ladakhi dialect of Ladakh, India and Tibet, China}}
{{Infobox language
{{Infobox language
|name=Changthang
|name=Changthang
|nativename=Byangskat
|nativename=ཆངཐང་སཀད
|states=[[Ladakh]]
|states=[[India]], [[China]]
|ethnicity=[[Changpa]]
|region=[[Changthang]]
|region=[[Changthang]]
|speakers={{sigfig|10100|2}}
|speakers={{sigfig|10100|2}}
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|ref=e21
|ref=e21
|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan
|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan
|fam2=[[Tibeto-Kanauri languages|Tibeto-Kanauri]] ?
|fam2=[[Tibeto-Burman]]
|fam3=[[Bodish languages|Bodish]]
|fam3=[[Tibeto-Kanauri]] (?)
|fam4=[[Tibetic languages|Tibetic]]
|fam4=[[Bodish languages|Bodish]]
|fam5=[[Ladakhi–Balti languages|Ladakhi–Balti]]
|fam5=[[Tibetic languages|Tibetic]]
|fam6=[[Ladakhi–Balti languages|Ladakhi–Balti]]
|fam7=[[Ladakhi language|Ladakhi]]
|script=[[Tibetan script]]
|script=[[Tibetan script]]
|iso3=cna
|iso3=cna
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}}


'''Changthang''', also known as '''Byangskat''' and '''Upper Ladakhi''', is a Bodish language of the [[Changthang]] region on the border of Tibet and Ladakh. Speakers identify ethnically with the [[Ladakhi language|Ladakhi]], but mutual intellibility of the languages is not high.  
'''Changthang Skad''', also known as '''Byangskat''' and '''Upper Ladakhi''', is a dialect of [[Ladakhi language|Ladakhi]] language spoken in a  [[Changthang]] region on the border of Tibet and Ladakh. Speakers of the language are known as [[Changpa]] and identify ethnically with the Ladakhis, but mutual intelligibility of the languages is not high.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Census of India: Government of India |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/SCST/scst_main.html |date=7 March 2007 |title=List of Scheduled Tribes |access-date=27 November 2012 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605042409/http://censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/SCST/scst_main.html |archive-date=5 June 2010 }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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{{Bodic languages}}
{{Bodic languages}}
{{Languages of India}}
{{Languages of India}}
{{Authority control}}


[[Category:Languages of Ladakh]]
[[Category:Languages of Ladakh]]
[[Category:Bodish languages]]
[[Category:Bodish languages]]

Latest revision as of 16:24, 1 January 2026


Changthang
ཆངཐང་སཀད
Native toIndia, China
RegionChangthang
EthnicityChangpa
Native speakers
(10,000 cited 2000)[1]
Tibetan script
Language codes
ISO 639-3cna
Glottologchan1309

Changthang Skad, also known as Byangskat and Upper Ladakhi, is a dialect of Ladakhi language spoken in a Changthang region on the border of Tibet and Ladakh. Speakers of the language are known as Changpa and identify ethnically with the Ladakhis, but mutual intelligibility of the languages is not high.[2]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Changthang at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)
  2. "List of Scheduled Tribes". Census of India: Government of India. 7 March 2007. Archived from the original on 5 June 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2012.