Spiti Bhoti
A language of India
| Population | 10,000 (2000). |
| Region | Himachal Pradesh, Lahul-Spiti District, Spiti subdistrict. |
| Alternate names | Piti Bhoti, Nyam |
| Dialects | Not intelligible with Ladakhi [lbj]; difficult intelligibility with Stod Bhoti [sbu]. All areas of Spiti understand each other. Lexical similarity: 41% with the Lhasa Tibetan dialect of Central Tibetan [bod], 57% with Ladakhi (Leh), 57% with Stod Bhoti from Darcha. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Himalayish, Tibeto-Kanauri, Tibetic, Tibetan, Central |
| Language use | Home, village. All ages. Some use Hindi or English. |
| Language development | Most literates read Hindi. Some older people and Buddhist monks and nuns, read Tibetan. Literacy effort needed. Radio programs. |
| Comments | Pastoralists. Buddhist. |
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