What is Changthang language?
{{Infobox language |name=Changthang |nativename=བྱང་སྐད། |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 languages|Bodish]] |fam5=[[Tibetic languages|Tibetic]] |fam6=[[Ladakhi–Balti languages|Ladakhi–Balti]] |fam7=[[Ladakhi language|Ladakhi]] |script=[[Tibetan script]] |iso3=cna |glotto=chan1309 |glottorefname=Changthang }} '''Changthang''', also known as '''Byangskat''' or '''Upper Ladakhi''' is a dialect of [[Ladakhi language]] spoken by the [[Changpa|Changthang people]], a subgroup of the [[Ladakhi people]], in [[Ladakh]], [[Baltistan]] and [[Tibet]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lEukSgAACAAJ|title=Languages of Pakistan|last=Books|first=L. L. C.|date=2010|publisher=General books LLC|isbn=978-1-157-60676-5|language=en}}</ref><ref>Carla Faye Radloff (1949-2012) Languages of Northern Pakistan.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Language of Pakistan Official National Provincial Regional Local Languages in Pak|url=https://www.pakinformation.com/language.html|access-date=2023-12-05|website=www.pakinformation.com}}</ref> According to [[UNESCO]], It is an [[endangered language|endangered]] dialect as only 10,000 people speak it.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Changthang (cna)|url=https://scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=language_detail&key=cna|access-date=5 December 2023|website=scriptsource.org}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}}{{Stub}} [[Category:Sino-Tibetan languages]] [[Category:Languages of Pakistan]] [[Category:Languages of India]] [[Category:Languages of China]]