Ladakhi–Balti languages
The Ladakhi–Balti languages or Western Archaic Tibetan languages are a subgroup of the Tibetic languages spoken in the Ladakh region of India and in the Gilgit-Baltistan territory of Pakistan. The lects lack mutual intelligibility and are considered separate languages by their speakers. The grouping includes: Ladakhi (Ladakh, Tibet, Baltistan) Purgi (Ladakh, Baltistan) Balti (Baltistan, Ladakh) Proto-Western Tibetan has been reconstructed by Backstrom (1994). See also List of Proto-Western Tibetan reconstructions (Wiktionary) References Languages of Ladakh Languages of Gilgit-Baltistan Languages of Pakistan Bodish languages