Spiti Bhoti

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
spt
Alternate Names
Nyam, Piti Bhoti
User Population

10,000 (2000).

Location

Himachal Pradesh state: Lahaul Spiti district, Spiti sub-district; Jammu and Kashmir state: southeast Leh district.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Western Tibeto-Burman, Bodish, Central Bodish, Central, Western
Dialects

Not intelligible of Ladakhi [lbj]; low intelligibility of Stod Bhoti [sbu]. All areas of Spiti understand each other. Lexical similarity: 41% with the Lhasa Tibetan dialect of Central Tibetan [bod], 57% with Ladakhi (Leh) [lbj], 57% with Stod Bhoti [sbu] from Darcha.

Language Use

Home, village. Used by all. Also use Hindi [hin].

Language Development

Most literates read Hindi. Some older people and Buddhist monks and nuns, read Tibetan. Literature. Radio.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Spiti Bhoti
Writing

Tibetan script [Tibt].

Other Comments

Buddhist.