Concept information
Preferred term
bftBalti
Type
-
Language
Definition
- ' Balti (; ) is a language spoken in Baltistan, in Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan and adjoining parts of Ladakh. Baltistan, before 1948, was part of Ladakh province. The Balti language is a dialect of the Ladakhi language, a form of Tibetan. It is mutually intelligible with Ladakhi proper and Burig. Many of the written consonants that are silent in Standard Tibetan are pronounced in the Balti language.
Entry terms
- Balti dialect
- Balti language
ISO 639-3 code
- bft
Notation
- bft
In other languages
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Balti
French
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Lingua balti
Italian
-
Portuguese
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Idioma balti
Spanish
URI
http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/bft
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