Bengali Braille
| Bengali Braille বাংলা ব্রেইল Bangla Breil | |
|---|---|
| Script type | |
Print basis | Bengali alphabet |
| Languages | Bengali |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Night writing
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Bengali Braille is used for the Bengali language. According to UNESCO (2013),[1] there are slight different braille conventions for Bengali language in India, where the generic Bharati Braille is followed, and in Bangladesh. This article compares Bengali Braille in the two countries.
Bengali Braille chart
Vowel Alphabets
| অ | আ | ই | ঈ | উ | ঊ | এ | ঐ | ও | ঔ | ঋ | ঌ | |
| Bangladesh | -[2] | |||||||||||
| India |
Consonant Alphabets
| ক | খ | গ | ঘ | ঙ | চ | ছ | জ | ঝ | ঞ | |
| Bangladesh | ||||||||||
| India |
| ট | ঠ | ড | ঢ | ণ | ত | থ | দ | ধ | ন | |
| Bangladesh & India |
| প | ফ | ব | ভ | ম | য | র | ল | |
| Bangladesh | ||||||||
| India |
| শ | ষ | স | হ | ক্ষ | জ্ঞ | ড় | ঢ় | য়[3] | ৎ | ||
| Bangladesh | |||||||||||
| India | (?)[4] | ||||||||||
Codas (Script modifiers)
| ্ | ং | ঃ | ঁ | ঽ | । | ||||||
| Bangladesh & India |
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Numerals
| Bengali numerals | ১ | ২ | ৩ | ৪ | ৫ | ৬ | ৭ | ৮ | ৯ | ০ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh & India |
Punctuation marks
| , | ; | : | ? | ! | – | — | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh & India |
| ‘ ... ’ | [ ... ] | / | * | |
| Bangladesh & India |
... | ... |
See also
References
- ^ World Braille Usage Archived 2014-09-08 at the Wayback Machine, UNESCO, 2013
- ^ The braille letter for ঌ is not attested from Bangladesh. (It is an obsolete vowel in modern Bengali language.)
- ^ In other Bharati braille alphabets, this is transcribed as short vowel e.
- ^ The braille letter for ৎ is not attested from India.