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Ladakhi-Balti languages

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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.

Facts
Region
Ladakh (India), Gilgit-Baltistan (Pakistan) 1
Proto-Language Status
Reconstructed (Proto-Western Tibetan, Backstrom 1994) 1
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Ladakhi-Balti languages
  • Infobox, region
    Ladakh (India), Gilgit-Baltistan (Pakistan)
  • Introduction, final sentence
    Proto-Western Tibetan has been reconstructed by Backstrom (1994).
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