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Complete guide to Balochi writing systems
Latin script runs from left to right. Uses capital letters at the beginning of sentences and proper names, and lowercase elsewhere.
| Letter | Examples |
|---|---|
| á/A, a | áp (water), asp (horse), ráh (road) |
| a/A, a | asp (horse), garm (warm), mard (man) |
| bé/B, b | brát (brother), bér (revenge) |
| ché/Ch, ch | chón (how), róchag (fasting) |
| dé/D, d | dóst (friend), bádsháh (king) |
| dhé/Dh, dh | dhawl (way), sardhagár (region) |
| é/É, é | éraht (autumn), dém (face) |
| e/E, e | embari (this year), pet (father) |
| fé/F, f | fawn (phone), futbál (football) |
| gé/G, g | gohár (sister), agan (if) |
| ghé/Gh, gh | ghayrat (honour) |
| hé/H, h | hawr (rain), sáhat (hour) |
| i/I, i | imán (faith), diwál (wall) |
| jé/J, j | jenek (girl), bójag (to untie) |
| ké/K, k | kár (work), kas (person) |
| khé/Kh, kh | khalij (bay), khomár (drunk) |
| lé/L, l | lonth (lip), hálig (empty) |
| mé/M, m | mondrig (ring), omr (life) |
| né/N, n | nun (now), bándá (tomorrow) |
| ó/Ó, o | óshtag (to stand up), róch (day) |
| o/O, o | orosh (red), borz (high) |
| pé/P, p | pet (father), pocch (clothes) |
| ré/R, r | róch (day), warag (to eat) |
| rhé/Rh, rh | márhi (palace), gorháh (then) |
| sé/S, s | sáhat (hour), dast (arm) |
| shé/Sh, sh | shap (evening), gwashag (to say) |
| té/T, t | tawár (voice), tahl (bitter) |
| thé/Th, th | thál (branch), lóthag (to want) |
| u/U, u | dur (far), nun (now) |
| wé/W, w | wáb (sleep), báwar (faith) |
| yé/Y, y | yát (memory), sharyat (religious law) |
| zé/Z, z | zendag (alive), darwázag (door) |
| zhé/Zh, zh | zhand (tired), rozhn (light) |
Special marks used in Arabic script to represent vowels and consonant features
| Symbol | Name | Usage | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| َ | Zabar | Represents short /a/ vowel; used to mark verb as present-future or continuous past | اَسپ، گَرم، مَرد |
| ِ | Zer | Represents short /e/ vowel | اِمبری، پِت، زِر |
| ُ | Pésh | Represents short /o/ vowel | اُرش، بُرز، سُهر |
| ّ | Shadd | Indicates double consonant | چیپّک، ربّ، سوتّ، پدّر |
| ْ | Sokun | Indicates absence of vowel after consonant | گْوات، بْرات، بُرْز |
Represented by two letters in Latin script