Balti script is derived from Tibetan which itself originated from ancient Pali.

Balti script is derived from Tibetan which itself originated from ancient Pali.

Tibetan (བོད་སྐད), a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by about 6 million people in China (Tibet, Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan and Yunnan), as well as more than three million people in Pakistan, India, Bhutan and Nepal. In Mongolia Tibetan is used for religious purposes and was widely taught in the Buddhist monasteries until quite recently.

The ancient Tibet comprises of Yarlung and Zhangzhung regions. Baltiyul, Ladakh, Changthang, Ngari, Lahul and northern parts of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarkhand were part of Zhangzhung country. Up until 1949-50, Tibet comprised of three provinces: Amdo, now split between the Qinghai, Gansu and Sichuan provinces; Kham, now largely incorporated into the provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Qinghai, and U-Tsang, which, together with western Kham, is now known as the Tibet Autonomous Region, created in 1965.

Dzongkha (Bhutanese) (རྫོང་ཁ), which is spoken by about 600,000 people in Bhutan, where it is the national language, as well as in Nepal and India. It is a Tibetan dialect.

Sikkimese (འབྲས་ལྗོངས་སྐད་), a Southern Tibetan dialect spoken by about 70,300 people in Sikkim. It is closely related to Dzongkha.

The Tibetan Alphabet / Consonants
The form of the consonants shown on the left pertain to U-Chen (with head) standard script (དབུ་ཅན་) and mostly used in the monasteries and artists. Cursive versions of the alphabet, such as the gyuk yig or 'flowing script' (རྒྱུག་ཡིག་) are used for informal writing. Another form of the script is U-med (headless) and mostly used for official writings.

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