Alternate Names: Byangskat, Byanskat, Changs-Skat, Changtang, Changtang Ladakhi, Rong, Rupshu, Stotpa, Upper Ladakhi
Dialects: 58%–85% intelligibility with Leh dialect of Ladakhi , with high standard deviation indicating some acquired intelligibility; 94%–95% intelligibility with Stod Bhoti , from Darcha village. Identify more with Leh Ladakhi culture than with Stod Bhoti despite lack of intelligibility. Related to Rangkas ,, Darmiya ,, Byangsi ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 10,100 (2000).
Language Use: Also use English [eng], Hindi [hin], Kashmiri [kas], Ladakhi [lbj], Urdu [urd].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 37% (2001 census).
Writing System: Tibetan (Bodhi)
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: Champa is a Scheduled Tribe. Ethnonym: Champas. Buddhist.