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. The grouping includes:
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Ladakhi–Balti | |
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Geographic distribution | Ladakh (India), Gilgit-Baltistan (Pakistan) |
Linguistic classification | Sino-Tibetan |
Glottolog | lada1242 |
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Proto-Western Tibetan has been reconstructed by Backstrom (1994).[1]