Alternate Names: Nyam, Piti Bhoti
Dialects: Not intelligible of Ladakhi ,; low intelligibility of Stod Bhoti ,. All areas of Spiti understand each other. Lexical similarity: 41% with the Lhasa Tibetan dialect of Central Tibetan ,, 57% with Ladakhi (Leh) ,, 57% with Stod Bhoti , from Darcha.
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Demographics: 10,000 (2000).
Language Use: Home, village. All ages. Also use English [eng], Hindi [hin].
Language Development: Most literates read Hindi. Some older people and Buddhist monks and nuns, read Tibetan. Radio programs.
Writing System: Unwritten
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: Buddhist.