Northern Sami Braille

Northern Sami Braille
Type
alphabet
Languages Northern Sami
Parent systems
Braille
  • Northern Sami Braille
Print basis
 Northern Sami alphabet

Northern Sami Braille is the braille alphabet of the Northern Sami language.[1]

Chart

Northern Sami Braille uses ⠷ (French à) for á, dot 6 is added to c and d for ⠩ č and ⠹ đ, while the other accented letters are the mirror-images in braille of the base form in print.

⠁ (braille pattern dots-1)
a		 ⠷ (braille pattern dots-12356)
á		 ⠃ (braille pattern dots-12)
b		 ⠉ (braille pattern dots-14)
c		 ⠩ (braille pattern dots-146)
č		 ⠙ (braille pattern dots-145)
d		 ⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456)
đ		 ⠑ (braille pattern dots-15)
e		 ⠋ (braille pattern dots-124)
f		 ⠛ (braille pattern dots-1245)
g
⠓ (braille pattern dots-125)
h		 ⠊ (braille pattern dots-24)
i		 ⠚ (braille pattern dots-245)
j		 ⠅ (braille pattern dots-13)
k		 ⠇ (braille pattern dots-123)
l		 ⠍ (braille pattern dots-134)
m		 ⠝ (braille pattern dots-1345)
n		 ⠫ (braille pattern dots-1246)
ŋ		 ⠕ (braille pattern dots-135)
o		 ⠏ (braille pattern dots-1234)
p
⠗ (braille pattern dots-1235)
r		 ⠎ (braille pattern dots-234)
s		 ⠱ (braille pattern dots-156)
š		 ⠞ (braille pattern dots-2345)
t		 ⠳ (braille pattern dots-1256)
ŧ		 ⠥ (braille pattern dots-136)
u		 ⠧ (braille pattern dots-1236)
v		 ⠵ (braille pattern dots-1356)
z		 ⠮ (braille pattern dots-2346)
ž		 ⠀ (braille pattern blank)
 

Punctuation is the same as in Norwegian Braille.

References

  1. ↑ UNESCO (2013) World Braille Usage, 3rd edition. (thanks, VanIsaac)
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