Belarusian Braille
Appearance
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
[edit]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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ф f | х ch | ц c | ч č | ш š | ы y | ь ’ | э è | ю ju | я ja | ||
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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
[edit]Single punctuation:
, | . | ? | ! | ; | : | - | ' | |
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Paired punctuation:
« ... » | ( ... ) | |
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Formatting
[edit]italics | capital | number |
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- UNESCO (2013) World Braille Usage Archived 2014-09-08 at the Wayback Machine, 3rd edition.