Greetings
My name is Rizwan
Today I will be talking about Balti-yul and Balti language
Motherland Baltistan is known is Balti-yul locally
Balti language belongs to the Tibeto-Burman branch of Sino-Tibetan language
It's a Tibetic language
This language came to Baltistan when Buddhist from Tibet migrated/Invaded to this region 700 years ago
Before the arrival of Tibetans Baltis were followers of Bon religion
Gradually people left bon religion and started practicing Buddhism
The influence of Tibetan language also increased
With passage of time Tibetan language and Balti language started separating
Tibetan kingdom had broke into smaller kingdoms
Then Islam came to Baltistan
With Islam came the Persian language
People started using Persian loan words in Balti
Till that time, Balti was written in Aage
Also known as Tibetan script or Bod Yige
After becoming Muslim, people stopped writing Balti in Tibetan script
Now Balti is written in Persian script
Both Urdu and Balti are written in Nastaliq script
Balti people are trying their best to revive the Tibetan script