Balochi Standard Alphabet
| Balochi Standard Alphabet |
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| ا ب پ ت ٹ ج چ د ڈ ر ز ژ س ش ک گ ل م ن و ۏ ہ (ھ) ی ے (ݔ) |
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Extended Perso-Arabic script |
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The Balochi standard Alphabet (Balochi: بلۏچی استانداردݔن اب) is a writing system used for the Balochi language spoken in Balochistan. This writing system is embed from Arabic Alphabet.
Alphabet[]
The Balochi alphabet, standardized by Balochi Academy Sarbaz, consists of 29 letters.[1]
Script Correspondence Table[]
| Romanization | Letter | IPA | Romanized Examples | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final | Medial | Initial | Isolated | |||
| A / a | ـہَ | َـ | اَ | اَ / ہَ | /a/ | Aps (horse), Apserk (cold) |
| À / à | ـا | ـا | آ | آ / ا | /aː/ | Àp (water), Àmàd (ready) |
| B / b | ـب | ـبـ | بـ | ب | /b/ | Bàl (wing), Bàsk (arm) |
| C / c | ـچ | ـچـ | چـ | چ | /t͡ʃ/ | Coll (channel) |
| D / d | ـد | د | /d/ | Dast (hand) | ||
| Ď / ď | ـڈ | ڈ | /ɖ/ | Ďòk (heavy), Ďèl (donkey), Ďæns (dance) | ||
| E / e | ـہِ | ـِ | اِ | اِ / ہِ | /eː/ | Ezm (art), Ezmkàr (artist) |
| È / è | ـے | ـݔـ | ݔـ | ݔ/ے | /iː/ | Èràn (Iran) |
| G / g | ـگ | ـگـ | گـ | گ | /g/ | Guhàr (sister), Gal (happy), Gall (group) |
| H / h | ـہ | ـھـ | ھـ | ھ / ہ | /h/ | Hapt (seven), Hodà (god) |
| I / i | ـی | ـیـ | ایـ | ی/ای | /i/ | Pir (old), Sir (wedding) |
| J / j | ـج | ـجـ | جـ | ج | /d͡ʒ/ | Jost (question), Jàh (place) |
| K / k | ـک | ـکـ | کـ | ک | /k/ | Kaur (river), Kam (little) |
| L / l | ـل | ـلـ | لـ | ل | /l/ | Laiť (lamp) |
| M / m | ـم | ـمـ | مـ | م | /m/ | Mam (beer), Mà (we, us), Man (I) |
| N / n | ـن | ـنـ | نـ | ن | /n/ | Nàl (Balochi promise) |
| O / o | ـہُ/ـو | ـو/ ُـ | اُ | اُ/ہُ/و | /oː/ | Poll (flower) |
| Ò / ò | ـۏ | ـۏ | اۏ | ۏ / اۏ | /u/ | Òpàr (hope) |
| P / p | ـپ | ـپـ | پـ | پ | /p/ | Pàd (foot), Pašk (shirt) |
| R / r | ـر | ر | /ɾ/ | Rang (color), Ròp (clean), Ròpag (cleaner) | ||
| S / s | ـس | ـسـ | سـ | س | /s/ | Sàng (marriage) |
| Š / š | ـش | ـشـ | شـ | ش | /ʃ/ | Šap (night) |
| T / t | ـت | ـتـ | تـ | ت | /t/ | Tors (fear) |
| Ť / ť | ـٹ | ـٹـ | ٹـ | ٹ | /ʈ/ | Ťulàsk (tower) |
| U / u | ـوُ | ـوُ | اُو | وُ/اُو | /uː/ | Nuh (nine) |
| W / w | ـو | و | /w/ | Wàd (salt) Waď (kind) | ||
| Y / y | ـی | ـیـ | یـ | ی | /j/ | Yak (one) |
| Z / z | ـز | ز | /z/ | Zend (live), Zit (soon), Zòr (power) | ||
| Ž / ž | ـژ | ژ | /ʒ/ | Žand (tired) | ||
Arabic marks in Balochi writing[]
Arabic marks are matter, Balochi language like others language using Arabic writing glyph, so Balochi language had Arabic marks:
| Marks | Name | Example words |
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| َ◌ | Zabar | ڈَک ، مَچ ، گرَنچ ، دَنز |
| ِ◌ | Zèr | کِرّ ، سِلّ ، ھِنگ ، تِچک |
| ُ◌ | Pèš | پُلّ ، کُرت ، کُمب |
| ّ◌ | Šadd | گُٹّ ، پُلّ ، گَلّ |
| ٚ◌ | Gowanďi | دَنٚز ، کَمٚب ، اَمٚب ،سیاھݔنٚ |
Notes[]
Some dialects of Balochi very infrequently use the voiced retroflex flap. Due to its immense rarity in Balochi, most orthographies of the language leave out glyphs for the phoneme. When written however, it is usually represented with ر.
This alphabet uses two completely separate and new glyphs to represent the long close front unrounded vowel (/iː/). For the initial and medial forms, ݔ is used. This glypth is based on the initial/medial form of the Perso-Arabic "Ye":
(یـ/ـیـ), the difference being the dot above it. Meanwhile for the final form, ے is used, which is also based on ی and is called "Big ye"; it is from Urdu.
References[]
- ^ "Balochi Standarded Alphabet". BalochiAcademy.ir. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- Arabic alphabets
- Balochi language