Ladakhi–Balti languages
| Ladakhi–Balti | |
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| Geographic distribution | Ladakh (India), Gilgit-Baltistan (Pakistan) |
| Linguistic classification | Sino-Tibetan |
| Glottolog | lada1242 |
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:
Proto-Western Tibetan has been reconstructed by Backstrom (1994).[1]
See also
- List of Proto-Western Tibetan reconstructions (Wiktionary)
References
- ^ Backstrom, Peter Charles (1994). A phonological reconstruction of Proto-Western Tibetan (MA thesis). Arlington, Texas: University of Texas at Arlington.
Sino-Tibetan branches | |||||
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| Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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| Eastern Himalayas (Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo-Burmese border |
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| East and Southeast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates) (Arunachal) |
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| Proposed groupings | |||||
| Proto-languages | |||||
Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches. | |||||