Latvian Braille

Latvian Braille
Type
alphabet
Languages Latvian
Parent systems
Braille
  • Latvian Braille
Print basis
 Latvian alphabet

Latvian Braille is the braille alphabet of the Latvian language.

Alphabet

The alphabet is as follows.[1] It uses international w for v. All Latvian print diacritics are indicated by dot 6 in Latvian Braille; the international forms of u, v, and z have been abandoned to allow this to be a regular rule (compared to say Lithuanian Braille, which has a separate convention for such letters).

⠁ (braille pattern dots-1)
a		 ⠡ (braille pattern dots-16)
ā		 ⠃ (braille pattern dots-12)
b		 ⠉ (braille pattern dots-14)
c		 ⠩ (braille pattern dots-146)
č		 ⠙ (braille pattern dots-145)
d		 ⠑ (braille pattern dots-15)
e		 ⠱ (braille pattern dots-156)
ē		 ⠋ (braille pattern dots-124)
f		 ⠛ (braille pattern dots-1245)
g		 ⠻ (braille pattern dots-12456)
ģ
⠓ (braille pattern dots-125)
h		 ⠊ (braille pattern dots-24)
i		 ⠪ (braille pattern dots-246)
ī		 ⠚ (braille pattern dots-245)
j		 ⠅ (braille pattern dots-13)
k		 ⠥ (braille pattern dots-136)
ķ		 ⠇ (braille pattern dots-123)
l		 ⠧ (braille pattern dots-1236)
ļ		 ⠍ (braille pattern dots-134)
m		 ⠝ (braille pattern dots-1345)
n		 ⠽ (braille pattern dots-13456)
ņ
⠕ (braille pattern dots-135)
o		 ⠏ (braille pattern dots-1234)
p		 ⠗ (braille pattern dots-1235)
r		 ⠎ (braille pattern dots-234)
s		 ⠮ (braille pattern dots-2346)
š		 ⠞ (braille pattern dots-2345)
t		 ⠌ (braille pattern dots-34)
u		 ⠬ (braille pattern dots-346)
ū		 ⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456)
v		 ⠜ (braille pattern dots-345)
z		 ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456)
ž

Punctuation

[2]

Print , .[3] ? ! ; : ' « ... » ( ... ) - — / /[4]
Braille ⠂ (braille pattern dots-2) ⠲ (braille pattern dots-256) ⠢ (braille pattern dots-26) ⠖ (braille pattern dots-235) ⠆ (braille pattern dots-23) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠄ (braille pattern dots-3) ⠦ (braille pattern dots-236)⠀ (braille pattern blank)⠴ (braille pattern dots-356) ⠶ (braille pattern dots-2356)⠀ (braille pattern blank)⠶ (braille pattern dots-2356) ⠤ (braille pattern dots-36) ⠀ (braille pattern blank)⠤ (braille pattern dots-36)⠀ (braille pattern blank) ⠸ (braille pattern dots-456)⠇ (braille pattern dots-123) ⠌ (braille pattern dots-34)

Formatting

⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456) ⠨ (braille pattern dots-46) ⠠ (braille pattern dots-6)
(digit) (caps) (l.c.)

References

  1. ↑ Latvijas Neredzīgo bibliotēka
  2. ↑ World Braille Usage, UNESCO, 2013
  3. ↑ And thus ⠲⠲⠲ for ellipsis
  4. ↑ ⠸⠇ is used for a virgule/slash in text, ⠌ for one "on box".
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