Balochi alphabets
Balochi alphabets consist of the Balòrabi script, based on the Perso-Arabic script, and the Balòtin script, based on the Latin script. Both scripts are used for the Balochi language spoken in the Balochistan region of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran.
Alphabet
The Balochi alphabet, standardized by Balochi Academy Sarbaz, consists of 32 letters.The Romanized version is called Balòtin, and the Arabic version is called Balòrabi.
Script Correspondence Table
Some digraphs in Balochi writing
Balochi also has 3 digraphs set by Balochi Academy Sarbaz in Standard Alphabets:Arabic diacritics in Balochi writing
Arabic diacritics are used in Balochi, as with other scripts derived from Arabic:| Marks | Name | Example words | Purpose / effect | Pronouncing |
| َ◌ | zabar | ک، چ، گنچ، نز | Adding vowel | /a/ |
| ِ◌ | zèr | رّ، لّ، نگ، چک | Adding vowel | /e/ |
| ُ◌ | pèš | لّ، رت، مب | Adding vowel | /o/ |
| ّ◌ | šadd | گُ، پُ، گَ | Consonant gemination | |
| ٚ◌ | gowanďi | دَز، کَب، اَب، سیاھݔ | Nasal vowel | /◌̃/ |
Use of Hamza
One of the aspects that distinguishes Balochi orthography from other orthographies derived from Perso-Arabic Script is the use of stand-alone Hamza, which, depending on its function within a sentence, is always written with one of three vowel diacritics. Stand-alone Hamza without diacritic is also used similar to other Perso-Arabic Scripts, to indicated glottal stop at end of wordsThe use of Hamza in such a way was first used in Balochi by poet Husayn Anqa, and officially adopted into Balochi as a result of decisions made in a convention in Karachi, Pakistan on 22 July 1959, attended by prominent Balochi poets and literaturists.
Below are the forms that stand-alone Hamza is used:
| Form | Diacritic | Example words | Purpose / effect | Pronouncing |
| - | Adding glottal stop to end of word | /ʔ/ | ||
| zabar | ' ' | Accusative, Dative, Oblique | /a/ | |
| zèr | ' | Genitive | /e/ | |
| pèš | ' | and | /o/ |
Balochi Numbers
| Number | Balochi | Number Name |
| 0 | ۰ | ھِچ |
| 1 | ۱ | یَک |
| 2 | ۲ | دوٚ |
| 3 | ۳ | سئ |
| 4 | ۴ | چار |
| 5 | ۵ | پَنچ |
| 6 | ۶ | شَش |
| 7 | ۷ | ھَپت |
| 8 | ۸ | ھَشت |
| 9 | ۹ | نُھ |
Vowels
in standard alphabets have 11 vowels,| Balòrabi | Balòtin | IPA |
| ◌َ ـَ اَ | Aa | /a/ |
| آ ـا ئا | Àà | /ɑ/ |
| ◌ِ اِ ـِ | Ee | /e/ |
| ݔ ـݔ ـے ے ࢩ | Èè | /ɪ/ |
| ای ـی | Ii | /i/ |
| ◌ُ ـُ اُ | Oo | /o/ |
| ۏ ـۏ | Òò | /ʊ/ |
| او ـو | Uu | /u/ |
| ائ ـئ ئ | Ææ - Ae | /ɛ/ |
| ائی ـئی ـئی | AI ai | /ɑiː/ |
| اؤ ـؤ ؤ | AU au | /ɑuː/ |
The difference in writing between old Balochi and standard Balochi
In standardized Balochi, letters from old Balochi have been removed and some new letters have been added, The added letters are:- ݔ Cappi Yà or Arabic yā letter with a dot on it, which is the same at the beginning and middle of the word, and at the end of the word, the letter ے is used only, which existed in old Balochi.
- ۏ Cappi Wà or Wāw letter with a dot added on it
In the table below, you can see the difference between old and standard writing:
| English | Balòrabi | Ballàtin | Old style |
| Baloch | بلۏچ | Balòc | بلوچ |
| Revenge | بݔر | Bèr | بیر |
| Thunder | بیر | Bir | بیر |
| Balochistan | بلۏچستان | Balòcestàn | بلوچستان |
| You | تؤ | Tau | تو |
| Rain | ھؤر | Haur | ھور |
| With together | ھۏر | Hòr | ھور |
| nymph | ھور | Hur | ھور |
| Attack | بیڈ | Biď | بیڑ |