Leh Ladakhi
Leh Ladakhi is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in China and India, by about 15 thousand people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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The Ladakhi language is a Tibetic language spoken in the Indian union territory of Ladakh. It is the predominant language in the Buddhist-dominated district of Leh, and a minority language in the district of Kargil.
Ladakhi has several dialects: Lehskat, named after Leh where it is spoken, Shamskat, spoken northwest of Leh, Stotskat, spoken in the Indus valley and which unlike the others is tonal, Nubra, spoken north of Leh, the Changthang language, spoken in the Changtang region by the Changpa people, and the Zangskari language, spoken in the Zanskar region of Ladakh.
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Words in Leh Ladakhi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| eye | མིག | mig |
| tooth | སོ | so |
| hand | ལག་པ | |
| heart | སྙིང | snying |
| water | ཆུ | chu |
| snow | ཁ | kha |
| stone | རྡོ་བ | rdo ba |
| mountain | རི | ri |
| cat | བྱི་ལ | byi la |
| horse | རྟ | rta |
| snake | སྦྲུལ | sbrul |
| one | གཅིག | gcig |
| two | གཉིས | gnyis |
| three | གསུམ | gsum |
| milk | འོ་མ | 'o ma |
| banana | ཀེ་ལའི | ke la'i |
| black | ནག་པོ | nag po |
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Vocabulary
- Purik-Sham-NubraSino-Tibetan63% alike
- BaltiSino-Tibetan59% alike
- Spiti BhotiSino-Tibetan57% alike
- TibetanSino-Tibetan55% alike
- JadSino-Tibetan52% alike
- Khunu-TötSino-Tibetan49% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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