Armenian Braille

Armenian Braille is either of two

However, Eastern and Western Armenian are assigned braille letters based on different criteria.^[2] The conventions for Western Armenian were developed in Lebanon.

Eastern Armenian Braille

Eastern Armenian Braille
Script type	alphabet
Print basis	Armenian alphabet
Languages	Eastern Armenian
Related scripts
Parent systems	Braille ? Eastern Armenian Braille

In Eastern Armenian, braille cells are assigned international values based on the historical correspondences of the

. For this reason they closely match the Latin transliteration convention used in the table below.

Linear	Ա ա a	Բ բ b	Գ գ g	Դ դ d	Ե ե e	Զ զ z	Է է ē	Ը ը ë	Թ թ t’	Ժ ժ ž	Ի ի i	Լ լ l	Խ խ x
Braille	⠁	⠃	⠛	⠙	⠚	⠮	⠑	⠌	⠜	⠾	⠊	⠇	⠹
Linear	Ծ ծ ç	Կ կ k	Հ հ h	Ձ ձ j	Ղ ղ ġ	Ճ ճ č̣	Մ մ m	Յ յ y	Ն ն n	Շ շ s	Ո ո o	Չ չ č	Պ պ p
Braille	⠉	⠅	⠓	⠣	⠻	⠩	⠍	⠽	⠝	⠱	⠧	⠟	⠏
Linear	Ջ ջ ǰ	Ռ ռ ṙ	Ս ս s	Վ վ v	Տ տ t	Ր ր r	Ց ց c’	Ւ ւ w	Փ փ p’	Ք ք k’	Եւ և ev	Օ օ ò	Ֆ ֆ f
Braille	⠭	⠷[3]	⠎	⠺	⠞	⠗	⠵[4]	⠥	⠯	⠬	⠡	⠕	⠋

Punctuation ^{[citation needed]}

Linear	,	՞
Braille	⠒	⠢

Western Armenian Braille

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Western Armenian Braille
Script type	alphabet
Print basis	Armenian alphabet
Languages	Western Armenian
Related scripts
Parent systems	Braille ? Western Armenian Braille

In Western Armenian, braille cells are assigned according to a pronunciation which diverges from the historical origin of the letters. Thus what are transliterated b g d in the table below are assigned braille values as p q th, while p t č̣ k are pronounced like English b d j g and have those braille assignments.

Linear	Ա ա a	Բ բ b	Գ գ g	Դ դ d	Ե ե e	Զ զ z	Է է ē	Ը ը ë	Թ թ t’	Ժ ժ ž	Ի ի i	Լ լ l	Խ խ x
Braille	⠁	⠏	⠟	⠹	⠽	⠵	⠑	⠥	⠞	⠜	⠊	⠇	⠭
Linear	Ծ ծ ç	Կ կ k	Հ հ h	Ձ ձ j	Ղ ղ ġ	Ճ ճ č̣	Մ մ m	Յ յ y	Ն ն n	Շ շ s	Ո ո o	Չ չ č	Պ պ p
Braille	⠌	⠛	⠓	⠬	⠣	⠚	⠍	⠱	⠝	⠩	⠪	⠡	⠃
Linear	Ջ ջ ǰ	Ռ ռ ṙ	Ս ս s	Վ վ v	Տ տ t	Ր ր r	Ց ց c’	Ւ ւ w	Փ փ p’	Ք ք k’	Օ օ ò	Ֆ ֆ f
Braille	⠉	⠻	⠎	⠧	⠙	⠗	⠮	⠺	⠫	⠅	⠕	⠋

Punctuation

Linear	,	՞	’
Braille	⠠	⠦	⠄

Եւ (և) is ⠯.^{[citation needed]}

Common punctuation

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Apart from the comma and question mark above, Eastern and Western Braille use the same punctuation.

Linear	՝	․	։	՜	« »	֊	(cap)
Braille	⠆	⠒[5]	⠲	⠖	⠦⠀⠴	⠤	⠨

See also

• Moon type is a simplification of the Latin alphabet for embossing. An adaptation for Armenian-reading blind people has been proposed.

References