Balti language
Spoken language
Balti is a Tibetic language natively spoken by the ethnic Balti people in the Baltistan region of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, Nubra Valley of the Leh district and in the Kargil district of Ladakh, India. Wikipedia
Language families: Sino-Tibetan languages and Bodish languages
Region: Asia
Native speakers: 425,000 in Pakistan (2018) Total users in all countries: 438,800 (2018)
Writing system: Perso-Arabic script (current); Tibetan script (current); Balti (Historical)