| Ladakhi–Balti | |
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| Geographic distribution | Ladakh (India),Gilgit-Baltistan (Pakistan) |
| Linguistic classification | Sino-Tibetan |
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| Glottolog | lada1242 |
TheLadakhi–Balti languages orWestern Archaic Tibetan languages are a subgroup of theTibetic languages spoken in theLadakh region of India and in theGilgit-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]
Sino-Tibetan branches | |||||
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| WesternHimalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand,Nepal,Sikkim) |
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| EasternHimalayas (Tibet,Bhutan,Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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| East andSoutheast 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. | |||||