Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Balti is an ethnic group of Tibetan with some Dardic admixture who live in the Gilgit–Baltistan region of Pakistan. In addition smaller populations also exist in Ladakh a region of Jammu & Kashmir India; others are scattered in Pakistan’s major urban centres of Lahore Karachi and Islamabad/Rawalpindi. The Balti language belongs to the Tibetan language family and is a sub-dialect of Ladakhi. Balti Ladakhi and Burig are mutually intelligible.