Ladakhi language

Spoken in

• Sino - Tibetan Tibeto- Burmese Ladakhisch

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The Ladakhi language ( Ladakhisch, also Ladakhi ), now officially called Bhoti, belongs to the Tibeto - Burman branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. It is closely related to the Tibetan language, but is now generally recognized as a separate language.

Ladakhisch is the predominant language in Ladakh in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, where it is spoken by about 100,000 people. In addition, there are about 12,000 speakers in western Tibet ( China ).

Ladakhisch applies in comparison to the modern Tibetan of Lhasa as a conservative in the debate. Many of arrival and end of a word in the Scriptures, which are silent in Standard Tibetan or can only be seen in the change of vowel or tone, are spoken in Ladakh. This tendency is strongest in the west of Ladakh and Baltistan in on the Pakistani side. So is sta ( ax ) in Lhasa [ ta ˦ ] spoken in Ladakh but [ sta ], and 'bras (rice ) talks about how a Tibetan ngtä ( IPA: [ ɳʈɛʔ ˨ ] ), a Ladakhi and drastic but a Balti bras.

The standard of spoken Ladakhisch applies the dialect of Leh, the capital of Ladakh. There are also four more dialects. Shamma is north-west, south-east of Leh Stotpa spoken in the valley of the Indus. Nubra is widespread north of Leh. In the lying west of Ladakh Zanskar region has its own dialect is also spoken.

Is written Ladakhisch in Tibetan script. There prevails a distinct diglossic situation. The written language ( Bodyik ) is close to the classical Tibetan and thus differs considerably from the colloquial language.

Status

The government of the autonomous district Leh (Autonomous Hill Development Council ) requested on 27 February 2011 under the name of Ladakhi Bhoti as "Listed Language" record 8 of the Constitution of India in the addition and to consider them as at the federal level.