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, Tibet, Baltistan)
  • Purgi (Ladakh, Baltistan)
  • Balti (Baltistan, Ladakh)
Ladakhi–Balti
Geographic
distribution		Ladakh (India), Gilgit-Baltistan (Pakistan)
Linguistic classificationSino-Tibetan
  • Tibeto-Burman
    • Tibeto-Kanauri (?)
Glottologlada1242

Proto-Western Tibetan has been reconstructed by Backstrom (1994).

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