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Today, around 60% of Baltis are Shia
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801:Bakshi, S. R. (1 January 1997).
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514:"Balti: Protecting the language"
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122:Noorbakshia Sufi Islam
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426:and 3% of Baltis are
328:missionaries such as
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807:. Sarup & Sons.
692:"The Balti Language"
672:Baltistan in history
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287:dialect
267:Persian
265:is the
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246:Byaltae
242:Ptolemy
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