Native to India Native speakers 30,000 (1996–2000) | Region Himachal Pradesh Glottolog laha1255 | |
Language family Sino-Tibetan
Tibeto-Kanauri ?
Bodish
Tibetic
(Western Innovative)
Lahuli–Spiti ISO 639-3 Variously:
spt – Spiti Bhoti, Nyam
jda – Jad
sbu – Stod Bhoti
cna – Changthang
nes – Bhoti Kinnauri
tpq – Tukpa | ||
Lahuli–Spiti is a small group of Tibetic languages spoken in Lahaul and Spiti region of India. It is more closely related to Standard Tibetan than it is to the neighboring Ladakhi, which is spoken to the north in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir.
According to Tournadre (2005), the dialects of Lahuli–Spiti are:
Bhoti Kinnauri and Tukpa (Nesang) may also belong here.
References
Lahuli–Spiti language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA