Bengali Braille

Bengali Braille; বাংলা ব্রেইল; Bangla Braille
Type	Alphabet
Languages	Bengali, Assamese
Parent systems	Night writing Braille English Braille Bharati Braille Bengali Braille; ; ; ;
Print basis	Bengali alphabet

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Bengali Braille is used for the Bengali and Assamese languages. According to UNESCO (2013),^[1] there are slight different braille conventions for Bengali language in Bangladesh and India, this article compares Bengali Braille in the two countries. As Assamese language also shares almost a common script with Bengali language, the Bengali Braille is also used for the Assamese language.

Bengali Braille chart[edit]

Print	ট	ঠ	ড	ঢ	ণ	ত	থ	দ	ধ	ন
Bangladesh & India

Print
Print	্		ং		ঃ		ঁ		ঽ		।
Bangladesh & India

Bengali numerals	১	২	৩	৪	৫	৬	৭	৮	৯	০
Bangladesh & India

Print	,	;	:	?	!	-	—
Bangladesh & India

Print	‘ ... ’	[ ... ]	/	*
Bangladesh & India

^ World Braille Usage, UNESCO, 2013
^ The braille letter for ঌ is not attested from Bangladesh. (It is an obsolete vowel in modern Bengali language.)
^ "র" for Bengali in Bangladesh and India and "ৰ" for Assamese in India only.
^ This alphabet "ৱ" is used in Assamese in India. (Similar to the "ভ" of Bangladesh standard.)
^ In other Bharati braille alphabets, this is transcribed as short vowel e.
^ The braille letter for ৎ is not attested from India.