Changthang language

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Changthang
Byangskat
Native toLadakh
RegionChangthang
Native speakers
(10,000 cited 2000)[1]
Tibetan script
Language codes
ISO 639-3cna
Glottologchan1309

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, but mutual intellibility of the languages is not high.

References[edit]

  1. Changthang at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)