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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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Leh Ladakhi · 34.1°N 77.6°E

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

MeaningWordRomanization
eyeམིགmig
toothསོso
handལག་པ
heartསྙིངsnying
waterཆུchu
snowཁkha
stoneརྡོ་བrdo ba
mountainརིri
catབྱི་ལbyi la
horseརྟrta
snakeསྦྲུལsbrul
oneགཅིགgcig
twoགཉིསgnyis
threeགསུམgsum
milkའོ་མ'o ma
bananaཀེ་ལའིke la'i
blackནག་པོnag po

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