Samoan Braille

Samoan Braille
Type	alphabet
Languages	Samoan
Parent systems	Braille English Braille Samoan Braille
Print basis	Samoan alphabet

Samoan Braille is the braille alphabet of the Samoan language.^[1] It is a subset of the basic braille alphabet,

a

e

f

g

i

l

m

n

o

p

s

t

u

v

h

k

r

supplemented by an additional letter ⠰ to mark long vowels:

ā	ē	ī	ō	ū

Unlike print Samoan, which has a special letter ʻokina for the glottal stop, Samoan Braille uses the apostrophe ⠈, which behaves as punctuation rather than as a consonant. (See Hawaiian Braille, which has a similar setup.)

Samoan Braille has an unusual punctuation mark, a reduplication sign ⠙. This is used to indicate that a word is reduplicated, as in ⠎⠑⠛⠊⠙ segisegi "twilight".

References

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