Ladakhis
Appearance
ལ་དྭགས་པ། | |
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![]() A Ladakhi family photographed in 1997. | |
Regions with significant populations | |
India (Ladakh) | 15,000 (2011)[1] |
China (Tibet) | 12,000 (1995)[2] |
Pakistan (Baltistan) | 900 (2019)[3][4] |
Languages | |
Ladakhi language | |
Religion | |
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Related ethnic groups | |
Tibetan people, Balti people |
Ladakhis, or Ladakspa (ལ་དྭགས་པ།) are a Tibetic ethnic group living in India, China and Pakistan. They speak Ladakhi, which is a Ladakhi-Balti language of the Sino-Tibetan language family. They primarily live in the Ladakh region of India, Tibet in China and Baltistan in Pakistan. Most Ladakhis follow Tibetan Buddhism with many also following Shia Islam.[5][6]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Ladakhi". Ethnologue. Retrieved 30 Dec 2022.
- ↑ "Ladakhi". Ethnologue. Retrieved 30 Dec 2022.
- ↑ Counted as Bodh people
- ↑ "Bodh (Buddhist traditions) in Pakistan". Retrieved 30 Dec 2022.
- ↑ Project, Joshua. "Bodh (Buddhist traditions) in Pakistan". joshuaproject.net. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ↑ "Ladākhī | people | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-12-19.