Ladakhi

Facts

  • Language: Ladakhi
  • Alternate names: Ladaphi, Ladhakhi, Ladak, Ladwags, Ladakhī, Budhī, Bod Buṭun, Mar-yul, Ladakse skat
  • Language code: lbj
  • Language family: Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Western Tibeto-Burman, Bodish, Central Bodish, Western (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 150,000
  • Vulnerability: Threatened
  • Script: Tibetan script.

More information:

    Written Ladakhi is distinct from spoken forms. Leh dialect is acknowledged as standard spoken Ladakhi. It is the medium of Leh radio broadcasts and standard medium of communication among all Ladakh dialects, including Changthang and Zangskari (Paldan 2002). Buddhist, Muslim.

    Ladakhi is spoken in India, China, South Asia;East Asia.