Balochi phonology

Vowels
The Balochi vowel system has at least eight vowels: five long vowels and three short vowels. The long vowels are, , , , , , and. The short vowels are, , , , , , , , , , , , and. The short vowels have more centralized phonetic qualities than the long vowels.

Southern Balochi (at least as spoken in Karachi) also has nasalized vowels, most importantly and.

Consonants
The following consonants are common to both Western Balochi and Southern Balochi. The place of articulation of the consonants /s/, /z/, /n/, /ɾ/ and /l/ is claimed to be alveolar in Western Balochi, while at least the /ɾ/ is claimed to be dental in Southern Balochi. The stops /t/ and /d/ are claimed to be dental in both dialects.