Belarusian Braille

Belarusian Braille
Script type
alphabet
Print basis
Belarusian alphabet
LanguagesBelarusian
Related scripts
Parent systems
Braille

Belarusian Braille is the braille alphabet of the Belarusian language. It is based on Russian Braille, with a couple additional letters found in the print Belarusian alphabet.

Alphabet

Belarusian does not use all the letters of the Russian alphabet, and it has the additional letters і and ў.

Print а a б b в v г g д d е e ё jo ж ž з z і i й j
Braille
Print к k л l м m н n о o п p р r с s т t у u ў ŭ
Braille
Print ф f х ch ц c ч č ш š ы y ь э è ю ju я ja  
Braille

The letters і and ў are the mirror images of й and у, and the і was once found in Russian Braille. (See obsolete letters of Russian Braille.)

Punctuation

Single punctuation:

Print , . ? ! ; : - '
Braille

Paired punctuation:

Print « ... » ( ... )
Braille ... ...

Formatting

italics capital number

See also

References