Changthang language

{{Short description|Ladakhi dialect of Ladakh, India and Tibet, China}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Changthang

|nativename=Byangskat, چانگتھانگ

|states=India, China, Pakistan

|ethnicity=Changpa

|region=Changthang

|speakers={{sigfig|10100|2}}

|date=2000

|ref=e21

|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan

|fam2=Tibeto-Burman

|fam3=Tibeto-Kanauri (?)

|fam4=Bodish

|fam5=Tibetic

|fam6=Ladakhi–Balti

|fam7=Ladakhi

|script=Tibetan script (official), Perso-Arabic script (in Pakistan)

|iso3=cna

|glotto=chan1309

|glottorefname=Changthang

}}

Changthang Skad, also known as Byangskat and Upper Ladakhi, is a dialect of Ladakhi language spoken in a Changthang region on the border of Tibet and Ladakh. Speakers identify ethnically with the Ladakhi, but mutual intelligibility of the languages is not high. A few speakers can also be found in the Baltistan region of Pakistan.{{cite web | url=http://www.pakinformation.com/language.html | title=Language of Pakistan Official National Provincial Regional Local Languages in Pak }}