The Ladakhi language is related to Tibetan. I've found a wonderful phrasebook - and with this I'm sure my Ladakhi will soon by as polished as my Hindi.
As well as giving useful words like "hello", "goodbye", "I'm cold", "turnip", this book has all those handy phrases that every traveller needs:
I will open a bakery shop | ng-a i-ka be-ka-ri ha-Ti-zyik pe-yin-rak |
This is a man | i-bo mi yin |
Because more than the capacity of a bus people sit in therefore it smells | mi-thep-tang-mang-po gyang-ches-pe Ti-ma tong-nga-rak |
Please bring two plates of rice, three naan, one chicken-curry, one meat-curry, one egg-curry with potatoes, one dry cauliflower vegetable. | Das pa-leT-nyis, nan-sum, chi-kan ka-ri-chik, she-spaks chik, a lu-nang-nyam-po-Thul-spaks chik, phul-go-bi spaks-chhu-met-kan-zyik khyong-nga-dzat |
There is a stone under my foot | nge skang-pe yog-pa rdwa-zyik duk |
Do you have a good book to learn Ladakhi? | la-daks-si skat lhap-ches-la pe-chha-chik yod-da? |
If it is really good I'll buy some more copies of the book | kal-Sit ma-gyal-la yod-na ki-tap kha-chik yang nyo-yin-le |
"Guide to learn ladakhi language" by Sanyukta Koshal, available in all good bookshops.
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Genius!
I don't know how I ever got by without knowing how to say 'Because more than the capacity of a bus people sit in therefore it smells'.
Fortunately, 'Joolay' covers almost everything in Ladakhi, I found. 'Hello', 'Please', 'Thank you' and quite possibly 'Because more than the capacity of a bus people sit in therefore it smells', too.
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