Belarusian Braille
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Belarusian Braille |
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alphabet
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Languages | Belarusian |
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Braille
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Print basis
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Belarusian alphabet |
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 zh | 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 w | |
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ф f | х kh | ц ts | ч ch | ш sh | 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[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, 3rd edition.
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