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Name:
Balti
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Sbalti; Baltistani; Bhotia of Baltistan; Baltī; Sbalt; Bhōṭiā of Baltistan
Spoken in:
India, Pakistan
Number of speakers:
270,000 in Pakistan (1992). Population total all countries: 308,800
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
337000
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
bft
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Sino-Tibetan
Parent Subgroup:
Western Tibetan; Western Central Bodish; West Bodish Unit; Western (wtib)
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
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