Belarusian Braille
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.
| Belarusian Braille | |
|---|---|
| Script type | alphabet
|
Print basis | Belarusian alphabet |
| Languages | Belarusian |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Braille
|
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braille |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| к k | л l | м m | н n | о o | п p | р r | с s | т t | у u | ў ŭ | |
| Braille |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| ф f | х ch | ц c | ч č | ш š | ы y | ь ’ | э è | ю ju | я ja | ||
| 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:
| , | . | ? | ! | ; | : | - | ' | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braille |  |
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Paired punctuation:
| « ... » | ( ... ) | |
| Braille |  ... |
 ... |
Formatting
| italics | capital | number |
|---|---|---|
 |  |  |
See also
References
- UNESCO (2013) World Braille Usage Archived 2014-09-08 at the Wayback Machine, 3rd edition.
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