Kannada Braille

Kannada Braille
Type	Alphabet
Languages	Kannada language
Parent systems	Braille English Braille Bharati Braille Kannada Braille
Print basis	Kannada alphabet

Kannada Braille is one of the Bharati braille alphabets, and it largely conforms to the letter values of the other Bharati alphabets.^[1]

Alphabet

The alphabet is as follows.^[1] Vowel letters are used rather than diacritics, and they occur after consonants in their spoken order. For orthographic conventions, see Bharati Braille.

Print	ಅ	ಆ	ಇ	ಈ	ಉ	ಊ	ಎ	ಏ	ಐ	ಒ	ಓ	ಔ
ISO	a	ā	i	ī	u	ū	e	ē	ai	o	ō	au
Braille

Print	ಋ		ೠ
ISO	r̥		r̥̄
Braille

Print	ಕ	ಖ	ಗ	ಘ	ಙ
ISO	k	kh	g	gh	ṅ
Braille

Print	ಚ	ಛ	ಜ	ಝ	ಞ
ISO	c	ch	j	jh	ñ
Braille

Print	ಟ	ಠ	ಡ	ಢ	ಣ
ISO	ṭ	ṭh	ḍ	ḍh	ṇ
Braille

Print	ತ	ಥ	ದ	ಧ	ನ
ISO	t	th	d	dh	n
Braille

Print	ಪ	ಫ	ಬ	ಭ	ಮ
ISO	p	ph	b	bh	m
Braille

Print	ಯ	ರ	ಲ	ಳ	ವ
ISO	y	r	l	ḷ	v
Braille

Print	ಶ	ಷ	ಸ	ಹ
ISO	ś	ṣ	s	h
Braille

There is a single pre-formed conjunct, and two obsolete letters,

Print	ಕ್ಷ	ಱ	ೞ
ISO	kṣ	ṟ	ḻ
Braille

and several syllable codas,

Print	ಕ್		ಕಂ		ಕಃ
ISO	Halant		Anusvara		Visarga
Braille

Punctuation

See Bharati Braille#Punctuation.

References

1. World Braille Usage, UNESCO, 2013