Numbers in Balti

How to count in Balti (སྦལ་འཐུས་ / بلتی), a Tibetic language spoken mainly in the Baltistan division of Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan.

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Numeral	Cardinal numbers	Ordinal numbers
1	scik	sna, go-ma go-i go-pa, go-pa-i
2	ngis	ngis-i res-i
3	gsum	gsum-i res-i
4	bzhi	bzhi-i res-i
5	gha	gha-i res-i
6	truk	truk-i res-i
7	bdun	bdun-i res-i
8	bgyat	bgyat-i res-i
9	rgu	rgu-i res-i
10	bcu	bcu-i res-i
11	bcu-scik
12	bcu-ngis
13	bcu-gsum
14	bcu-bzhi
15	bcu-gha
16	bcu-truk
17	bcu-bdun
18	bcu-bgyat
19	bcu-rgu
20	ngis-bcu
30	gsum-bcu
40	ngis-bcu ngis (20x2)
50	gha-bcu
60	ngis-bcu gsum (20x3)
70	bdun-cu
80	ngis-bcu bzhi (20x4)
90	rgu-bcu ngis-bcu bzhi-na bcu (4x20+10)
100	bgya [hundred] bgya scik [one hundred]
200	bgya ngis
300	bgya gsum
400	bgya bzhi
500	bgya gha
600	bgya truk
700	bgya bdun
800	bgya bgyat
900	bgya rgu
1,000	stong [thousand] stong scik [one thousand]
2,000	stong ngis
3,000	stong gsum
4,000	stong bzhi
5,000	stong gha
6,000	stong truk
7,000	stong bdun
8,000	stong bgyat
9,000	stong rgu
10,000	stong bcu
once	scik-rim, ren scik
twice	ngis-rim
three times	gsum-rim, ren gsum
four times	bzhi-rim
five times	gha-rim
several times	res-pa kha-ik

Source: R.K. Sprigg. Balti-English/English-Balti Dictionary. Routledge. New York – 2002.

Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl

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