Ladakhis
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]
ལ་དྭགས་པ། | |
|---|---|
 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 | |
 Buddhism Shia Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Tibetan people, Balti people | |
References
- ↑ 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 (in en). joshuaproject.net. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ↑ Ladākhī | people | Britannica (in en). www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-12-19.