Zanskari
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Zanskari may refer to:
  • the people of Zanskar
    Zanskar
    Zanskar is a subdistrict or tehsil of the Kargil district, which lies in the eastern half of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The administrative centre is Padum...

    , a tehsil of Kargil district, Jammu and Kashmir, India
  • the Zaniskari pony
    Zaniskari pony
    The Zaniskari pony is a breed found around Leh and Laddakh in the area of Jammu and Kashmir . This breed is endangered by interbreeding with nondescript ponies, though the Animal Husbandry Department of Jammu and Kashmir has started a program for conservation at a farm in Leh.-Physical...

    , a breed of pony found around Leh and Laddakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India
  • the language of most of the people of Zanskar
    Zanskar
    Zanskar is a subdistrict or tehsil of the Kargil district, which lies in the eastern half of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The administrative centre is Padum...

     which is, apparently, closely related to Ladhaki
    Ladakhi language
    The Ladakhi language , now also called Bhoti, and by linguists more generally called Western Archaic Tibetan when the Balti and Burig or Purig or Purki dialects are included, is the predominant language in the Ladakh region of the Jammu and Kashmir state of India, and is also spoken in Baltistan...

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