Alternate Names: Zanskari, Zaskari
Dialects: None known. 73%–81% intelligibility of Leh Ladakhi , with high standard deviation indicating some acquired intelligibility; 90% intelligibility of Stod Bhoti , of Darcha village.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 12,000 (2000).
Language Use: Also use Ladakhi [lbj].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: Speakers in Ladakh [lbj] have highest rate. Bible portions: 1945–1951.
Writing System: Tibetan
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: Buddhist.