Ladakhis
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. A small number of Ladakhis are also found in Baltistan, Pakistan.
ལ་དྭགས་པ། / لداخیس | |
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Ladakhi man at Shey Monastery, Leh | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| India (Ladakh) | 274,289 (2011) |
| China (Tibet) | 12,000 (1995) |
| Pakistan (Baltistan) | 900 (2019) |
| Languages | |
| Ladakhi language | |
| Religion | |
| Shia Islam Hinduism Buddhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Tibetan people, Balti people, other Tibetic peoples | |
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