Brokskat
Native toIndia
RegionLadakh
EthnicityBrokpa
Native speakers
(2858 cited 1981)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bkk
Glottologbrok1247
ELPBrokskat

Brokskat, or Minaro skat, is an Indo-Aryan language of the Dardic subgroup spoken in Ladakh.[2] Though historically it was close to the Shina language, it has converged with the Tibeto-Burman languages and is not mutually intelligible with other Shina dialects.[3]

References

  1. ^ https://www.efsas.org/Languages%20of%20Erstwhile%20State%20of%20Jammu%20and%20Kashmir.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ Jain, Danesh; Cardona, George (2007-07-26). The Indo-Aryan Languages. Routledge. p. 889. ISBN 978-1-135-79711-9.
  3. ^ Jain, Danesh; Cardona, George (2007-07-26). The Indo-Aryan Languages. Routledge. p. 889. ISBN 978-1-135-79711-9.


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