Georgian Braille
Appearance
Georgian Braille | |
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Script type | Alphabet
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Print basis | Georgian alphabet |
Languages | Georgian |
Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Braille
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Georgian Braille is a braille alphabet used for writing the Georgian language. The assignments of the Georgian alphabet to braille patterns is largely consistent with unified international braille.[1]
Alphabet
[edit]⠁ ა a |
⠃ ბ b |
⠛ გ g |
⠙ დ d |
⠑ ე e |
⠺ ვ v |
⠵ ზ z |
⠋ თ t’ |
⠊ ი i |
⠅ კ k |
⠇ ლ l |
⠍ მ m |
⠝ ნ n |
⠕ ო o |
⠏ პ p |
⠚ ჟ zh |
⠗ რ r |
⠎ ს s |
⠞ ტ t |
⠥ უ u |
⠧ ფ p’ |
⠻ ქ k’ |
⠫ ღ gh |
⠮ ყ q |
⠱ შ sh |
⠟ ჩ ch’ |
⠉ ც ts’ |
⠽ ძ dz |
⠹ წ ts |
⠭ ჭ ch |
⠓ ხ kh |
⠪ ჯ dj |
⠯ ჰ h |
The basic braille range mostly conforms with international norms, with the exception of sounds which do not occur in Georgian, such as ⠋ *f (reassigned in Georgian to თ t’), and ⠟ *q, which is used for ჩ ch’ rather than ყ q. The assignment of ⠟ to ჩ ch’ is reminiscent of Russian Braille, as is one or two other letters (⠱ for შ sh is widespread in Eastern Europe), but most of the extended-letter assignments are unique to Georgian.
Punctuation
[edit]This section is based on a single source which has proven to be unreliable. It needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations other than UNESCO (1990, 2013). (October 2013) |
, | . | ? | ! | ; | : | ჻ [*] | „ ... “ | ( ... ) | |
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Braille |
^* ჻ is an old word divider, no longer in use.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ UNESCO (2013) World Braille Usage, 3rd edition.
- ^ Unicode code point U+10FB. The Unicode name is misleadingly 'paragraph separator'.