Balti (Urdu: بلتی; Tibetan: སྦལ་ཏིའི་སྐད་, Wylie: sbal-ti-skad) is a Tibetan language spoken in Baltistan, and adjoining parts of Ladakh. Baltistan, before 1948, was part of Ladakh province. Many of the written consonants that are silent in Standard Tibe