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How much do the Balti, Ladakhi, and Dzongkha ( Bhutanese ) speakers understand Tibetan? All the Tibetic languages do share some common features . Most of the nouns are same in all Tibetic languages. Here’s a comparison of these four languages Names of body parts: Counting: In Balti , Ladakhi and Tibetan the same system if mathematical counting is followed : Number (11–19) are expressed as 10+ (1–9) , Number (21-99) are expressed in form of “(tens)+conjunction+(1-9)”. Different conjunctions are used according to the tens. Balti and different Tibetan dialects: Balti and Ladakhi belong to  North-Western Tibetic  language family , also known as Western Archaic Tibetan (non-tonal). Dzong-kha is categorized as  southern Tibetic  language . Standard Tibetan or Lhasa Tibetan falls under the  central Tibetan  sub group. Balti resembles more the Kham dialect than other Tibetan dialects of U and Thsang and Amdo etc. First Tibetan sett...

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