Ladakhi–Balti languages

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:

• Ladakhi (Ladakh)
• Zangskari (Ladakh)
• Purgi (Ladakh, Baltistan)
• Balti (Baltistan, Ladakh)
• Changthang (Tibet, Ladakh, Baltistan)

Ladakhi–Balti
Geographic distribution	Ladakh (India), Gilgit-Baltistan (Pakistan)
Linguistic classification	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Tibeto-Kanauri (?) Bodish Tibetic Ladakhi–Balti
Language codes
Glottolog	lada1242

Proto-Western Tibetan has been reconstructed by Backstrom (1994).^[1]

See also

• List of Proto-Western Tibetan reconstructions (Wiktionary)