Ladakhis

Ladakhis
ལ་དྭགས་པ། / لداخیس
	Ladakhi man at Shey Monastery, Leh
Regions with significant populations
India (Ladakh)	274,289 (2011)
China (Tibet)	12,000 (1995)
Pakistan (Baltistan)	900 (2019)[citation needed]
Languages
	Ladakhi language
Religion
	Shia Islam[citation needed]; Hinduism; Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
	Tibetan people, Balti people, other Tibetic peoples

Ladakhis, Ladakhi people, or Ladakspa are an ethnic group and first-language speakers of the Ladakhi language living in the Ladakh region in the northernmost part of Jammu and Kashmir and Tibet in China.^[3]^[4] A small number of Ladakhis are also found in Baltistan, Pakistan.^{[citation needed]}

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References

^ "Ladakhi". Ethnologue. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
^ "Ladakhi". Ethnologue. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
^ Singh, Mugdha; Sarkar, Anujit; Kumar, Devinder; Nandineni, Madhusudan R. (6 February 2020). "The genetic affinities of Gujjar and Ladakhi populations of India". Scientific Reports. 10 (1): 2055. Bibcode:2020NatSR..10.2055S. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-59061-9. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 7005309. PMID 32029844.
^ "Ladakhi". Ethnologue. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

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[1] "Ladakhi". Ethnologue. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

[2] "Ladakhi". Ethnologue. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

[3] Singh, Mugdha; Sarkar, Anujit; Kumar, Devinder; Nandineni, Madhusudan R. (6 February 2020). "The genetic affinities of Gujjar and Ladakhi populations of India". Scientific Reports. 10 (1): 2055. Bibcode:2020NatSR..10.2055S. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-59061-9. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 7005309. PMID 32029844.

[4] "Ladakhi". Ethnologue. Retrieved 30 December 2022.