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Brahui: writing

How Brahui is written: scripts, the alphabet, romanisation, numerals, keyboards and fonts.

براہوئی

01Scripts

02Numerals

Western digits latn
2026

Digits from Unicode CLDR numbering systems.

Show as a table
Digits0123456789
Western digits0123456789

03Orthography and standards

No official orthography body is recorded for Brahui yet.

StandardFor this language
ISO 639-3brh
ISO 15924Arab
Unicode CLDR localenone
Digitslatn

Sources ISO 639-3 code tables. SIL International, registration authority. (2025) To verify; ISO 15924 codes for the representation of names of scripts. Unicode Consortium, registration authority. (2025) Verified; Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR), version 49 data. (2026) Verified

04Keyboards and typing

Windows
Settings, Time and language, Language and region: add the language, then its keyboard. Switch with Windows key and Space.
macOS
System Settings, Keyboard, Text Input: edit Input Sources and add the keyboard. Switch from the menu bar.
Android
In the keyboard app’s settings (Gboard: Languages), add the language and choose its layout.
iPhone and iPad
Settings, General, Keyboard, Keyboards: add the keyboard. Switch with the globe key.
Linux
In the desktop settings (GNOME: Keyboard, Input Sources), add the layout.

Which layouts each system ships for each language changes with every release. Check the list on your device; layouts we have confirmed are named on the language’s page.

05Fonts

On this platform the language is shown with Vazirmatn. Every face is self-hosted under an open licence.

FontScriptsLicence
VazirmatnPersian, Arabic, Dari, South AzerbaijaniSIL Open Font License 1.1
EstedadKurdish in the Arabic-based script, Arabic-script headingsSIL Open Font License 1.1
Noto Sans ArmenianArmenianSIL Open Font License 1.1
Noto Sans Syriac EasternAssyrian Neo-AramaicSIL Open Font License 1.1
Noto Sans MandaicMandaicSIL Open Font License 1.1
Noto Sans HebrewHebrew, Judeo-PersianSIL Open Font License 1.1
Noto Sans GeorgianGeorgianSIL Open Font License 1.1
IBM Plex Sans and Noto SansLatin and Cyrillic, Kurdish Cyrillic lettersSIL Open Font License 1.1

06Sources

  1. The Unicode Standard, version 18.0.0: Unicode Character Database. 2026

    Verified Unicode License v3 Character names, code points and block ranges.

  2. Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR), version 49 data. 2026

    Verified Unicode License v3 Exemplar characters and default numbering systems, read 2026-10-23.

  3. ISO 15924 codes for the representation of names of scripts. Unicode Consortium, registration authority. 2025

    Verified

  4. ISO 639-3 code tables. SIL International, registration authority. 2025

    To verify Codes cross-checked through Glottolog records; the code tables themselves were not read.

Cite this page
APA

Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. (2026). Brahui: Writing. iranians.global. https://iranians.global/language/languages/brh/writing/

Chicago

Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. 2026. “Brahui: Writing.” iranians.global. https://iranians.global/language/languages/brh/writing/.

BibTeX
@misc{idcdc2026_language_languages_brh_writing,
	author = {{Iranian Diaspora Cooperation \& Development Council}},
	year = {2026},
	note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0},
	title = {Brahui: Writing},
	url = {https://iranians.global/language/languages/brh/writing/},
	howpublished = {https://iranians.global/language/languages/brh/writing/},
}

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07Research and sources

Recent and relevant work on this page’s subject, from approved open scholarly sources. Metadata and links only. Titles stay as published. Not yet reviewed.

  1. Brahui

    Josef Elfenbein · 2019 · Routledge eBooks

    ChapterOpenAlexCrossref

  2. Brahui Language

    liaquat Ali · 2021 · Kudos Innovations Ltd

    OtherDataCite

  3. The verb structure in Brahui language of Ruedbar-Jonub

    Fatemeh Sheybanifard, Zohreh Zarshenas · 2020 · زبان پژوهی

    ArticleDOAJOpen access

  4. Learning of Brahui Language in Balochistan.

    Abdul Razzaq Sabir · 2009 · Al-Burz

    ArticleOpenAlexCrossrefOpenAIREOpen accessCC-BY-NC-SA

  5. Translation Studies in Brahui literature

    Abdul lateef Bangulzai · 2022 · Al-Burz

    ArticleOpenAIREOpen access

  6. Similarities and Unique Homogeneity of Certain Letters of Brahui and Balochi Language

    2024 · Makhz

    ArticleCrossref

  7. PERCEPTION OF FUTURE TEACHERS ABOUT MOTHER TONGUE EDUCATION IN BRAHUI LANGUAGE AT PRIMARY LEVEL

    null Zarina Waheed, null Abdul Wahab, null Waheed Bahadur · 2020 · Al-Burz

    ArticleOpenAIRE

  8. Brahui Language, Brahuilogy and Balochistan.

    Bahdur Khan Rodeni, Zeenat Sana Baloch · 2009 · Al-Burz

    ArticleOpenAlexCrossrefOpen accessCC-BY-NC-SA

  9. Word Formation in Brahui Language of Rudbar-Jonub/Rudbari

    Anoushe Sheybanifard · 2023 · Al-Burz

    ArticleCrossrefCC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

  10. The Brahui language

    Denys Bray, Brāhūʾī Akaiḍmī · 1977 · University of Michigan Library Repository

    ArticleOpenAlexOpen accesspublic-domain

  11. A grammar of the Brahui language in comparative treatment

    Mikhail Sergeevich Andronov · 2001 · Americanae (AECID Library)

    ArticleOpenAlexOpen access

  12. Brahui Language Introduction and Grammar

    Dennis Bray · 2006 · Americanae (AECID Library)

    ArticleOpenAlexOpen access

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