| Description | The following is the BGN/PCGN-approved romanization
system for deriving standard spellings of Baluchi
geographic names. The romanization system is based on
the Hunterian system of romanization, which has been
used by the Surveys of India and Pakistan for
romanizing Baluchi geographic names for more than one
hundred years. The romanization system is compatible
with all dialects of Baluchi, including Eastern
Baluchi, Western Baluchi, and Southern Baluchi.
The BGN/PCGN system laid out below includes diacritical
marks in order that the original script can be derived
from the romanized form (i.e. it is reversible). For
desk users requiring a diacritic-free form, these
diacritics can simply be removed. In almost every case
the same basic Roman-script characters are kept as are
used in the Hunterian system. The BGN/PCGN forms have
further been designed to harmonize with the BGN/PCGN
Urdu romanization system. In rigorous romanization
(i.e. including diacritics), retroflexion is marked by
a sub-dot, and aspiration is marked by an apostrophe,
where confusion with fricative digraphs could arise.
For letters used only in Arabic loan words, the
rigorous forms have further been designed to harmonize
with the BGN/PCGN Persian romanization system.
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