High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Balti is a language spoken in Baltistan, in the Northern Areas (Gilgit-Baltistan) of Pakistan and adjoining parts of Ladakh, India. Baltistan - before 1948 - was part of Ladakh province. The language is a dialect of the Tibetan language. It is mutually intelligible with Ladakhi and Burig. Many of the consonants that are silent in most modern Tibetan dialects are pronounced in Balti.