PREFACE. 
JN offering a Sketch of Ladakhi Grammar to the public, 
I wish to draw attention to the fact, that a thorough study 
of the Ladakhi Tibetan dialect pre-supposes a certain 
amount of knowledge of the classical Tibetan language. I 
could not well he expected to embody a classical Tibetan 
grammar in a pamphlet entitled * Ladakhi Grammar/ and 
therefore advise every earnest student of Ladakhi Grammar 
to previously study grammars of the classical language. 
I wish to express my sincerest thanks to all those who 
have assisted me in bringing about the publication of this 
pamphlet: to the Indian Government, for liberally supplying 
the necessary means; to G. A. Grierson, Esq., C.I.E., Ph.D., 
I.C.S,, for all the care taken in revising the grammar 
and correcting its terminology; to Professor Dr. Conrady, of 
Leipzig, for all his most useful suggestions rendered, when 
revising the first German Manuscript of the grammar [Pro¬ 
fessor Dr. Conrady’s excellent work ‘ Eine Indochinesische 
Causativ-Denominativbiidung ’ has proved invaluable for 
the discovery of many grammatical rules]; to all my direct 
co* operators (Reverend A. W. Heyde, Ghum; Reverend 
S. Ribhach, and Dr. E. E. Shawe, Leh), whose assistance 
was very great, and without whose co-operation the hook 
would not have reached its present level. 
A. H. ERANCKE. 
