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Dardic
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3,000

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Year of info

2003

Location and Context

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India

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Around the village of Garkhon in Ladakh

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Around the village of Garkhon in Ladakh

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3,000

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Year of info

2010

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34.6478,76.4978

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~2000

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"[The number of Brokskat speakers] according to 1961 Census is 544. Now the number of speakers of this language is approximately 2000 according to the informant [Gulam Rahim]."

Year of info

1982

Location and Context

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India

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35.164828,76.458435

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"Brokskat is spoken in and around the village Garkhon of Ladakh district. It is about 70 Kms. North-East of Kargil. Grierson has mentioned it as Brokpa of Dah-Hanu. Dah and Hanu are two villages but in Hanu, there are now only Ladakhi speakers and not Brokskat speakers... There are other Brokskat speaking villages like Darchiks, Chulichan, Gurgurdo, Batalik and Dah around Garkhon within the radius of 15 Kms."

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"Brokskat is spoken in and around the village Garkhon of Ladakh district. It is about 70 Kms. North-East of Kargil. Grierson has mentioned it as Brokpa of Dah-Hanu. Dah and Hanu are two villages but in Hanu, there are now only Ladakhi speakers and not Brokskat speakers... There are other Brokskat speaking villages like Darchiks, Chulichan, Gurgurdo, Batalik and Dah around Garkhon within the radius of 15 Kms."

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"[Author's consultant Gulam Rahim] knows Urdu, Balti and Ladakhi besides his mother tongue Brokskat."

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10,000

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Data for the number of native speakers comes from Johnstone and Mandryk (2001).

Year of info

2009

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India;

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Year of info

2005

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35.3333333333,76.5

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