Jad language

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Jad
Dzad
Dzad written in Ume script
Native toIndia, Pakistan
Native speakers
(300 cited 1997)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3jda
Glottologjadd1243
ELPJad

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]

References[change | change source]

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