The 'Ladakhi language' is the predominant language in the
Ladakh region of the
Jammu and Kashmir state of
India. Ladakhi is closely related to
Tibetan, and the Ladakh people share cultural similarities with Tibetans, including
Tibetan Buddhism. Ladakhi has approximately 100,000 speakers in India, and perhaps 12,000 speakers in the
Tibet region of
China. Ladakhi has several dialects, Ladakhi proper (also called after the capital of Ladakh,
Leh, where it is spoken); Shamma, spoken to the northwest of Leh; Stopta, spoken to the south east in the Indus alley; Nubra, spoken in the north. A variant of Ladakhi is also spoken by some in
Zanskar.
Ladakhi is romanised in a similar way to
Hindi, 'th' denoting an
aspirated 't,' for example.
Script
Ladakhi is usually written using
Tibetan script. The phenomenon of
diglossia is very much present in Ladakhi, with written Ladakhi being much closer to
Tibetan proper.
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Semantic roles, case relations, and cross-clausal reference in Tibetan
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