Albanian Braille
| Albanian Braille | |
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| Script type | alphabet
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Print basis | Albanian alphabet |
| Languages | Albanian |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Braille
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Albanian Braille is the braille alphabet for writing the Albanian language. Like other braille alphabets for languages written in the Latin script, the simple Latin letters are all assigned values based on international braille.
Alphabet
| Letter | a | b | c | ç | d | dh | e | ë | f | g | gj | h |
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| ⠁ | ⠃ | ⠉ | ⠩ | ⠙ | ⠹ | ⠑ | ⠡ | ⠋ | ⠛ | ⠻ | ⠓ | |
| Letter | i | j | k | l | ll | m | n | nj | o | p | q | r |
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| ⠊ | ⠚ | ⠅ | ⠇ | ⠷ | ⠍ | ⠝ | ⠫ | ⠕ | ⠏ | ⠯ | ⠗ | |
| Letter | rr | s | sh | t | th | u | v | x | xh | y | z | zh |
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| ⠟ | ⠎ | ⠱ | ⠞ | ⠾ | ⠥ | ⠧ | ⠭ | ⠮ | ⠽ | ⠵ | ⠳ |
As in several other braille alphabets, letters and digraphs are frequently derived by adding a dot 6 or reversing the base letter.
Punctuation
| Punctuation | Quote | ||||||||||
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| , | . | ; | : | ? | ! | - | ' | open | close | () | |
| Braille |  |
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| ⠂ | ⠲ | ⠆ | ⠒ | ⠢ | ⠖ | ⠤ | ⠄ | ⠦ | ⠴ | ⠶ | |
Formatting
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| (digit) | (caps) |
References
- World Braille Usage, UNESCO, 2013
- Shefik Osmani, 1983, Fjalor i Pedagogjisë, Tiranë.
External links
- Braille at Albanian Wikipedia