Zambian Braille

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Zambian Braille
Script type
alphabet
Print basis
Tonga
Related scripts
Parent systems

Zambian Braille is any of several

Tonga
.

It is based on the 26 letters of the

basic braille alphabet used for Grade-1 English Braille
, so the print digraph ch is written as a digraph in braille as well. The letter ñ/ŋ [ŋ] of several of the print alphabets is distinguished from the sequence ng [ŋɡ] with an apostrophe: ñ, as in the equivalent ng’ of print Bemba. The various alphabets, including digraphs that occur in any one of them, can thus be summarized as:

⠁ (braille pattern dots-1)
a
⠃ (braille pattern dots-12)
b
⠃ (braille pattern dots-12)⠃ (braille pattern dots-12)
bb
⠉ (braille pattern dots-14)
c
⠉ (braille pattern dots-14)⠉ (braille pattern dots-14)
cc
⠉ (braille pattern dots-14)⠓ (braille pattern dots-125)
ch
⠙ (braille pattern dots-145)
d
⠑ (braille pattern dots-15)
e
⠋ (braille pattern dots-124)
f
⠛ (braille pattern dots-1245)
g
⠓ (braille pattern dots-125)
h
⠓ (braille pattern dots-125)⠓ (braille pattern dots-125)
hh
⠊ (braille pattern dots-24)
i
⠚ (braille pattern dots-245)
j
⠅ (braille pattern dots-13)
k
⠅ (braille pattern dots-13)⠓ (braille pattern dots-125)
kh
⠅ (braille pattern dots-13)⠅ (braille pattern dots-13)
kk
⠇ (braille pattern dots-123)
l
⠍ (braille pattern dots-134)
m
⠝ (braille pattern dots-1345)
n
⠝ (braille pattern dots-1345)⠛ (braille pattern dots-1245)⠄ (braille pattern dots-3)
ñ, ŋ, ng’
⠕ (braille pattern dots-135)
o
⠏ (braille pattern dots-1234)
p
⠏ (braille pattern dots-1234)⠓ (braille pattern dots-125)
ph
⠟ (braille pattern dots-12345)
q
⠗ (braille pattern dots-1235)
r
⠎ (braille pattern dots-234)
s
⠎ (braille pattern dots-234)⠓ (braille pattern dots-125)
sh
⠞ (braille pattern dots-2345)⠓ (braille pattern dots-125)
th
⠞ (braille pattern dots-2345)
t
⠥ (braille pattern dots-136)
u
⠧ (braille pattern dots-1236)
v
⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456)
w
⠭ (braille pattern dots-1346)
x
⠽ (braille pattern dots-13456)
y
⠵ (braille pattern dots-1356)
z
⠀ (braille pattern blank)
 

Bemba has the basic alphabet plus ng’, sh, and in some orthographies ch in place of c. Chewa (Nyanja) has ch; Lozi, Lunda and Kaonde have ch, sh, and ñ; Luvale has ch, sh, ph, kh, th; and Tonga has ch, sh, bb, cc, hh, kk, and ŋ.

Numbers and punctuation are as in traditional English Braille.

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