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.
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Classification Confidence Reconstructed Ancestor RegionLadakh (India), Gilgit-Baltistan (Pakistan) 2 Proto-Language StatusReconstructed (Proto-Western Tibetan, Backstrom 1994) 2 Compare
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Sources
1. Glottolog: Western Archaic Tibetan (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 5
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
View the Source 2. Wikipedia: Ladakhi-Balti languages
Infobox, region
Ladakh (India), Gilgit-Baltistan (Pakistan)
Introduction, final sentence
Proto-Western Tibetan has been reconstructed by Backstrom (1994).
Lead paragraph
The grouping includes: Ladakhi (Ladakh, Tibet) Zangskari (Ladakh) Purgi (Ladakh, Baltistan) Balti (Baltistan, Ladakh) Changthang (Ladakh, Tibet) Proto-Western Tibetan has been reconstructed by Backstrom (1994).
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