Changthang | |
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བྱང་སྐད། | |
Native to | India, China, Pakistan |
Region | Changthang |
Ethnicity | Changpa |
Native speakers | 10,000 (2000)[1] |
Tibetan script | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | cna |
Glottolog | chan1309 |
Changthang, also known as Byangskat or Upper Ladakhi is a dialect of Ladakhi language spoken by the Changthang people, a subgroup of the Ladakhi people, in Ladakh, Baltistan and Tibet.[2][3][4] According to UNESCO, It is an endangered dialect as only 10,000 people speak it.[5]