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Ladakhi–Balti languages

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Ladakhi–Balti
Geographic
distribution
Ladakh (India), Gilgit-Baltistan (Pakistan)
Linguistic classificationSino-Tibetan
Language codes
Glottologlada1242

The Ladakhi–Balti languages or Western Archaic Tibetan languages are a subgroup of the Tibetic languages spoken in the Ladakh region of India and in the Gilgit-Baltistan territory of Pakistan. The lects lack mutual intelligibility and are considered separate languages by their speakers. The grouping includes:

  • Ladakhi (Ladakh, Tibet, Baltistan)
  • Purgi (Ladakh, Baltistan)
  • Balti (Baltistan, Ladakh)

Proto-Western Tibetan has been reconstructed by Backstrom (1994).[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Backstrom, Peter Charles (1994). A phonological reconstruction of Proto-Western Tibetan (MA thesis). Arlington, Texas: University of Texas at Arlington.