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Ladakhi–Balti family
Balti
སྦལ་ཏི།
Balti is a language of the Ladakhi–Balti branch, spoken in India and Pakistan. Wikidata counts about 290,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Tibetan language spoken in Baltistan, Gilgit–Baltistan of Pakistan and adjoining parts of Ladakh”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
bft- Glottocode
balt1258- Family
- Ladakhi–Balti
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Wikipedia
- 46 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
2scripts
1levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Balti · སྦལ་ཏི། |
|---|---|
| Also called | Balti language |
| All speakers | 290,000 |
| Written in | Arabic script, Tibetan alphabet |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Ladakhi–Balti to Balti
The branches above Balti, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
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where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in India
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalhinHindiIndo-European · 615.3 m1 · NationalfraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalporPortugueseIndo-European · 227.3 m1 · NationalurdUrduunclassified · 162.6 m1 · NationalpanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafebenBanglaIndo-European · 106 m1 · NationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialmarMarathiunclassified · 77 m2 · ProvincialbhoBhojpuriIndo-European · 52.2 m4 · Educational