Western Balochi

Q: What alphabet or script does Western Balochi use?

Western Balochi is written using the Arabic script (Arab).

Q: What direction is Western Balochi written?

Western Balochi is written Right-to-left, meaning text flows from right to left.

بلوچی (رخشانی)

bgn

Western Balochi (بلوچی (رخشانی)) is a language . It is written using the Arabic script. Its BCP 47 language code is bgn.

Writing Systems Used for Western Balochi

Frequently Asked Questions

What alphabet or script does Western Balochi use?

Western Balochi is written using the Arabic script (ISO 15924 code: Arab). Arabic is a right-to-left script.

What direction is Western Balochi written?

Western Balochi is written Right-to-left. Text begins on the right side of the page and reads toward the left.

What is the language code for Western Balochi?

The BCP 47 language code for Western Balochi is "bgn". This code is used in software, web standards (the HTML lang attribute), and internationalization contexts.

Language Facts

BCP 47 Code: bgn
ISO 639-3: bgn
Status: living
Scripts: 1
Primary Script: Arabic

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Data sourced from Unicode CLDR and ISO 639-3. Last updated April 20, 2026.