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Dah (or Dha, Da; Tibetan: མདའ, Wylie: mda, THL: da) is a panchayat village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India. [1] It is the most prominent of all the Brokpa settlements, other than Dah, it has six hamlets: Biama(or phunder) , Baldes, Sannit, Pardos, Lastyang and Dundur [2] It is located east of Batalik in Aryan Valley (Dah Hanu valley) of Indus river of Ladakh in the Khalsi tehsil.
Dah (also known as Dha) and Hanu are two villages of the Brokpa of the Leh District of the Indian union territory of Ladakh. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Until 2010, these were the only two villages where tourists were allowed to visit out of a number of Brokpa villages.
Aryan Valley, historically known as Dah Hanu region, [note 1] is an area comprising four village clusters — Dah and Hanu in Leh district, and Garkon and Darchik in Kargil district — in Central Ladakh in India. It is inhabited by Brokpa people of Dardic origin.
The Brokpa speak an Indo-Aryan language called Brokskat, which is a variety of the Shina language currently spoken in the Gilgit region. [9] ( During the British Raj, it became common to refer to the people of the Gilgit region as "Dards" using ancient nomenclature.
The Ladakhi language (Tibetan: ལ་དྭགས་སྐད་, Wylie: La-dwags skad) is also referred to as Bhoti or Bodhi.[2] [3] Supporters of the Bhoti name hold a "lumper" view of the language: they use the term "Bhoti" to refer to Classical Tibetan and treat as the one, proper form of Tibetic languages across the Himalayas. [4]
Dah or DAH may refer to: Morse code symbol; Dah, Ivory Coast, a village in Montagnes District; Dah, Ladakh, a village in Jammu and Kashmir, India; Dah, Mali, a town in Ségou Region; Dah (band), former Yugoslav/Belgian band; Air Algérie (ICAO code: DAH), Algerian airline; Gwahatike language, a PNG Finisterre language, ISO 639 code dah
Leh (/ ˈ l eɪ /) [2] is a city in Indian-administered Ladakh in the disputed Kashmir region. [3] It is the largest city and the joint capital of Ladakh. [4] It is the capital of Ladakh since the Medieval Period. [4] Leh, located in the Leh district, was also the historical capital of the Kingdom of Ladakh.
The culture of Ladakh refers to the traditional customs, belief systems, and political systems that are followed by Ladakhi people in India. The languages, religions, dance, music, architecture, food, and customs of the Ladakh region are similar to neighboring Tibet. Ladakhi is the traditional language of Ladakh.