Balti
Facts
- Language: Balti
- Alternate names: Sbalti, Baltistani, Bhotia of Baltistan, Baltī, Sbalt, Bhōṭiā of Baltistan
- Language code: bft
- Language family: Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Western Tibeto-Burman, Bodish, Central Bodish, Western (SIL classification)
- Number of speakers: 270,000 (Pakistan); 337,000 (Worldwide)
- Vulnerability: risk
- Script: Arabic script, used since the 17th century. Balti script, no longer in use. Devanagari script, used since the 1970s. Tibetan script, used between 8th and 17th century, recent efforts to revive usage.
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Muslim (Shi’a).
Balti is spoken in Pakistan, India, South Asia.