Georgian Braille
Georgian Braille | |
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Script type | Alphabet |
Print basis | Georgian alphabet |
Languages | Georgian |
Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Braille
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Georgian Braille is a braille alphabet used for writing the Georgian language. The assignments of the Georgian alphabet to braille patterns is largely consistent with unified international braille.[1]
Alphabet
[edit]⠁ ა a | ⠃ ბ b | ⠛ გ g | ⠙ დ d | ⠑ ე e | ⠺ ვ v | ⠵ ზ z | ⠋ თ t’ | ⠊ ი i | ⠅ კ k | ⠇ ლ l |
⠍ მ m | ⠝ ნ n | ⠕ ო o | ⠏ პ p | ⠚ ჟ zh | ⠗ რ r | ⠎ ს s | ⠞ ტ t | ⠥ უ u | ⠧ ფ p’ | ⠻ ქ k’ |
⠫ ღ gh | ⠮ ყ q | ⠱ შ sh | ⠟ ჩ ch’ | ⠉ ც ts’ | ⠽ ძ dz | ⠹ წ ts | ⠭ ჭ ch | ⠓ ხ kh | ⠪ ჯ dj | ⠯ ჰ h |
The basic braille range mostly conforms with international norms, with the exception of sounds which do not occur in Georgian, such as ⠋ *f (reassigned in Georgian to თ t’), and ⠟ *q, which is used for ჩ ch’ rather than ყ q. The assignment of ⠟ to ჩ ch’ is reminiscent of Russian Braille, as is one or two other letters (⠱ for შ sh is widespread in Eastern Europe), but most of the extended-letter assignments are unique to Georgian.
Punctuation
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, | . | ? | ! | ; | : | ჻ [*] | „ ... “ | ( ... ) | |
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Braille | ... | ... |
^* ჻ is an old word divider, no longer in use.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ UNESCO (2013) World Braille Usage, 3rd edition.
- ^ Unicode code point U+10FB. The Unicode name is misleadingly 'paragraph separator'.