Navajo Braille
Navajo Braille | |
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Script type | alphabet |
Print basis | Navajo alphabet |
Languages | Navajo |
Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Braille
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Navajo Braille is the braille alphabet of the Navajo language. It uses a subset of the letters of Unified English Braille, along with the punctuation and formatting of that standard. There are no contractions.
Additional letters, beyond those of English braille, are ⠹ for ł, ⠄ for ' (glottal stop and ejective consonants), the French vowels with grave accents for the Navajo vowels with acute accents (high tone), and ⠨ for ogonek on the following vowel (nasal vowels, e.g. ⠨⠁ for ą, ⠨⠷ for ą́). ⠋ is only used for the digit 6, as the letter 'f' does not exist in the Navajo alphabet.
In numerical order by decade, the letters are:
a, 1 | b, 2 | c, 3 | d, 4 | e, 5 | 6 | g, 7 | h, 8 | i, 9 | j, 0 |
k | l | m | n | o | s | t | x | y | z |
á | é | ł | w | í | ó | ' | ogonek |
The alphabet was created by Carol Begay Green[1] and adopted by the Navajo Nation in 2015.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Carol Begay Green (2017). "Navajo Braille Code". Paths to Literacy. Perkins School for the Blind. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
- ^ "Arizona Daily Sun, 'New Mexico teacher develops braille code for Navajo', Jan 7, 2018".