Khad languages

The Khad or Western languages, are a proposed subdivision of the Lámeyi languages which comprises several branches traditionally grouped into Central and Peripheral subgroups, the latter being entirely paraphyletic. The Khad languages constitute the largest and westernmost extant branch of the Lámeyi language family.

The common ancestor of all of the languages in this family is called Common Khad, which was spoken in approximately the late 6th century AC. A languages, called Las, used to be included into this group, but is nowadays considered to comprise its own branch.

The subclassification of the Khad languages varies among scholars. The generally accepted classification treat the four subbranches of Khad as follows:

• Central (Kyem-Khad)
  • Lowland (Gdangs)
  • Hill (Bsas)
  • High (Ím)
• Mountain (Kryalpomg)
• River (Tsampa)
• Nuli-Salbal
  • Salbal
  • Nuli