Jad language

Dzad is a Tibetic language spoken in Himachal Pradesh in India and also Azad Kashmir in Pakistan. It is currently facing extinction. Many Dzad people have stopped speaking Jad and have started speaking Ladakhi, Hindi, or Kashmiri.[2]

Jad
Dzad
Dzad written in Ume script
Native toIndia, Pakistan
Native speakers
(300 cited 1997)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
  • Tibeto-Kanauri ?
    • Bodish
      • Tibetic
        • (Western Innovative)
          • Spiti Bhoti
            • Jad
Language codes
ISO 639-3jda
Glottologjadd1243
ELPJad

References
  1. Jad at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. "Jad | Ethnologue Free".
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