Balti
E77468
Balti is a Tibetic language spoken primarily in the Baltistan region of northern Pakistan and parts of Ladakh, India.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Balti canonical | 19 |
| Balti Tibetan | 1 |
| Balti people | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tibetic language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Tibetan
ⓘ
surface form:
Ladakhi language
Purgi language ⓘ |
| country |
India
ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Balti
ⓘ
surface form:
Balti Tibetan
Balti language ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Tibetan
ⓘ
surface form:
Classical Tibetan
|
| hasConsonantInventory | rich set of consonants typical of Tibetic languages ⓘ |
| hasDialects | varieties across different valleys of Baltistan ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | balt1257 ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | bft ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
Persian language
ⓘ
surface form:
Persian
Urdu language ⓘ
surface form:
Urdu
|
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | toneless (non-tonal) system ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationEfforts | community-based language preservation programs ⓘ |
| hasScriptDirection | right-to-left (in Arabic script) ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | SOV (subject–object–verb) word order ⓘ |
| hasVowelInventory | relatively small vowel system ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Arabic alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Arabic script
Perso-Arabic script ⓘ Tibetan script (historically) ⓘ Urdu-based script ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Greater Tibet cultural sphere ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Arabic (loanwords)
ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
surface form:
Persian
Urdu language ⓘ
surface form:
Urdu
|
| languageStatus |
endangered language
ⓘ
minority language ⓘ |
| partOf |
Sino-Tibetan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Sino-Tibetan language family
Tibetic language family ⓘ |
| region |
Himalayas
ⓘ
Karakoram ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Balti people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Gilgit-Baltistan
ⓘ
surface form:
Baltistan
Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ India ⓘ Ladakh ⓘ northern Pakistan ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Western Tibetic language ⓘ |
| taughtIn | some local schools in Baltistan ⓘ |
| usedAs | vernacular language in Baltistan ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication in Baltistan
ⓘ
religious discourse in local communities ⓘ |
| usedIn |
folk songs of Baltistan
ⓘ
local media in Baltistan ⓘ oral literature of Baltistan ⓘ |
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Balti people
this entity surface form:
Balti Tibetan
subject surface form:
Northern Pakistan