Zangskari

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
zau
Alternate Names
Zanskari, Zaskari
Population

12,000 (2000).

Location

Jammu and Kashmir, Zaskar mountains; south end of Kargil district, between the Himalayas and Indus river valley, next to Leh-Ladakhi and Kargil-Purik areas.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Western Tibeto-Burman, Bodish, Central Bodish, Western
Dialects

73%–81% intelligibility of Leh Ladakhi [lbj] with high standard deviation indicating some acquired intelligibility; 90% intelligibility of Stod Bhoti [sbu] of Darcha village.

Language Use

Some also use Ladakhi [lbj].

Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: Speakers in Ladakh [lbj] have highest rate. Bible portions: 1945–1951.
Writing
Tibetan script.
Other Comments

Buddhist.