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Greetings

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My name is Rizwan

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Today I will be talking about Balti-yul
and Balti language

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Motherland Baltistan
is known is Balti-yul locally

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Balti language belongs to the Tibeto-Burman branch
of Sino-Tibetan language

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It's a Tibetic language

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This language came to Baltistan when
Buddhist from Tibet migrated/Invaded to this region 700 years ago

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Before the arrival of Tibetans
Baltis were followers of Bon religion

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Gradually people left bon religion
and started practicing Buddhism

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The influence of Tibetan language also increased

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With passage of time Tibetan language
and Balti language started separating

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Tibetan kingdom had broke into smaller kingdoms

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Then Islam came to Baltistan

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With Islam came the Persian language

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People started using Persian loan words in Balti

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Till that time, Balti was written in Aage

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Also known as Tibetan script or Bod Yige

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After becoming Muslim,
people stopped writing Balti in Tibetan script

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Now Balti is written in Persian script

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Both Urdu and Balti
are written in Nastaliq script

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Balti people are trying their best
to revive the Tibetan script