Zangskari (also spelled Zanskari, Zaskari) is an endangered Tibetic language. It is a dialect of the Ladakhi language. It is mostly spoken in the Zanskar region of the Kargil district of Ladakh, India and also by Buddhists in the upper reaches of Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh, and Paddar, Jammu and Kashmir. It is written using the Tibetan script.
Zangskari is divided into four homogeneous groups, namely Oot (Stod) or Upper Zanskari spoken along the Doda River, Zhung (Gà ¾un) or Central Zanskari mostly spoken in Padum valley, Sham (Gà ¡am) or Lower Zanskari spoken along the lower portions of Zanskar River and lastly Lungnak (Luà Ânag) along the upper Zanskar River region. A seminar on the documentation and revitalization of the Zanskari language was once held at GMDC Zanskar.
Zangskari shows compensatory lengthening and nasalization of vowels, unlike conservative Western Tibetic languages.
The diphthongs are /ai/, /ao/, /ui/, /oe/, /oa/, /ea/, /iu/, /à ©Ã£/, /õã/, /à ©Ã©/, and /Ã©à ©/.