Editing Balochi language (section)

=== Cyrillic alphabet ===
In 1989, Mammad Sherdil, a teacher from the [[Turkmen SSR]], approached Balochi language researcher Sergei Axenov with the idea of creating a [[Cyrillic]]-based alphabet for Balochi. Before this, the Cyrillic script was already used for writing Balochi and was used in several publications but the alphabet was not standardized. In 1990, the alphabet was finished. It included the following letters:

{| cellpadding=4 style="font-size:large; text-align: center;" summary="Forty two letters of the Balochi Cyrillic alphabet, lowercase" align=center
|+ style="font-size:smaller;" | '''The Balochi alphabet in Cyrillic'''
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|а}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|а̄}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|б}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|в}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|г}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|ғ}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|д}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|д̨}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|е}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|ё}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|ж}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|җ}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|з}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|и}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|ӣ}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|й}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|к}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|қ}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|л}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|м}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|н}}
|-
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|о}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|п}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|р}}
|{{lang|bal|ꝑ}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|с}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|т}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|т̵}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|у}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|ӯ}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|ф}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|х}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|ц}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|ч}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|ш}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|щ}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|ъ}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|ы}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|ь}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|э}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|ю}}
|{{lang|bal-Cyrl|я}}
|}

The project was approved with some minor changes ({{lang|bal-Cyrl|қ}}, {{lang|bal|ꝑ}}, and {{lang|bal-Cyrl|ы}} were removed due to the rarity of those sounds in Balochi, and {{lang|bal-Cyrl|о̄}} was added). From 1992 to 1993, several primary school textbooks were printed in this script. In the early 2000s, the script fell out of use.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kokaislova P. |first=Kokaisl P. |title={{lang|ru|Центральная Азия и Кавказ}} |date=2012 |issn=1403-7068 |language=ru}}</ref>