Belarusian Braille
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (December 2014) |
Belarusian Braille | |
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Script type | alphabet
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Print basis | Belarusian alphabet |
Languages | Belarusian |
Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Braille
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Belarusian Braille is the braille alphabet of the Belarusian language. It is based on Russian Braille, with a couple additional letters found in the print Belarusian alphabet.
Alphabet
Belarusian does not use all the letters of the Russian alphabet, and it has the additional letters і and ў.
а a |
б b |
в v |
г g |
д d |
е e |
ё jo |
ж ž |
з z |
і i | й j
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к k |
л l |
м m |
н n |
о o |
п p |
р r |
с s |
т t |
у u |
ў ŭ
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Braille | |||||||||||
ф f |
х ch |
ц c |
ч č |
ш š |
ы y |
ь ’ |
э è |
ю ju |
я ja |
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Braille |
The letters і and ў are the mirror images of й and у, and the і was once found in Russian Braille. (See obsolete letters of Russian Braille.)
Punctuation
Single punctuation:
, | . | ? | ! | ; | : | - | ' | |
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Braille |
Paired punctuation:
« ... » | ( ... ) | |
Braille | ... | ... |
Formatting
italics |
capital | number |
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See also
References
- UNESCO (2013) World Braille Usage Archived 2014-09-08 at the Wayback Machine, 3rd edition.