Albanian Braille

Braille alphabet for the Albanian language
Albanian Braille
Script type
alphabet
Print basis
Albanian alphabet
LanguagesAlbanian
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  • Albanian Braille

Albanian Braille is the braille alphabet for writing the Albanian language. Like other braille alphabets for languages written in the Latin script, the simple Latin letters are all assigned values based on international braille.

Alphabet

Letter a b c ç d dh e ë f g gj h
Braille ⠁ (braille pattern dots-1) ⠃ (braille pattern dots-12) ⠉ (braille pattern dots-14) ⠩ (braille pattern dots-146) ⠙ (braille pattern dots-145) ⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456) ⠑ (braille pattern dots-15) ⠡ (braille pattern dots-16) ⠋ (braille pattern dots-124) ⠛ (braille pattern dots-1245) ⠻ (braille pattern dots-12456) ⠓ (braille pattern dots-125)
⠁ ⠃ ⠉ ⠩ ⠙ ⠹ ⠑ ⠡ ⠋ ⠛ ⠻ ⠓
Letter i j k l ll m n nj o p q r
Braille ⠊ (braille pattern dots-24) ⠚ (braille pattern dots-245) ⠅ (braille pattern dots-13) ⠇ (braille pattern dots-123) ⠷ (braille pattern dots-12356) ⠍ (braille pattern dots-134) ⠝ (braille pattern dots-1345) ⠫ (braille pattern dots-1246) ⠕ (braille pattern dots-135) ⠏ (braille pattern dots-1234) ⠯ (braille pattern dots-12346) ⠗ (braille pattern dots-1235)
⠊ ⠚ ⠅ ⠇ ⠷ ⠍ ⠝ ⠫ ⠕ ⠏ ⠯ ⠗
Letter rr s sh t th u v x xh y z zh
Braille ⠟ (braille pattern dots-12345) ⠎ (braille pattern dots-234) ⠱ (braille pattern dots-156) ⠞ (braille pattern dots-2345) ⠾ (braille pattern dots-23456) ⠥ (braille pattern dots-136) ⠧ (braille pattern dots-1236) ⠭ (braille pattern dots-1346) ⠮ (braille pattern dots-2346) ⠽ (braille pattern dots-13456) ⠵ (braille pattern dots-1356) ⠳ (braille pattern dots-1256)
⠟ ⠎ ⠱ ⠞ ⠾ ⠥ ⠧ ⠭ ⠮ ⠽ ⠵ ⠳

As in several other braille alphabets, letters and digraphs are frequently derived by adding a dot 6 or reversing the base letter.

Punctuation

Punctuation   Quote  
, . ; : ? ! - ' open close ()
Braille ⠂ (braille pattern dots-2) ⠲ (braille pattern dots-256) ⠆ (braille pattern dots-23) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠢ (braille pattern dots-26) ⠖ (braille pattern dots-235) ⠤ (braille pattern dots-36) ⠄ (braille pattern dots-3) ⠦ (braille pattern dots-236) ⠴ (braille pattern dots-356) ⠶ (braille pattern dots-2356)
⠂ ⠲ ⠆ ⠒ ⠢ ⠖ ⠤ ⠄ ⠦ ⠴ ⠶

Formatting

⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456) ⠨ (braille pattern dots-46)
(digit) (caps)

References

  • World Braille Usage, UNESCO, 2013
  • Shefik Osmani, 1983, Fjalor i Pedagogjisë, Tiranë.

External links

  • Braille at Albanian Wikipedia
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