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Northern Sámi Braille

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Northern Sami Braille
Script type
alphabet
Print basis
Northern Sami alphabet
LanguagesNorthern Sami
Related scripts
Parent systems
Braille
  • Northern Sami Braille

Northern Sami Braille is the braille alphabet of the Northern Sami language.[1]

Chart

Northern Sami Braille uses (French à) for á, dot 6 is added to c and d for č and đ, while the other accented letters are the mirror-images in braille of the base form in print.

⠁ (braille pattern dots-1)
a
⠷ (braille pattern dots-12356)
á
⠃ (braille pattern dots-12)
b
⠉ (braille pattern dots-14)
c
⠩ (braille pattern dots-146)
č
⠙ (braille pattern dots-145)
d
⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456)
đ
⠑ (braille pattern dots-15)
e
⠋ (braille pattern dots-124)
f
⠛ (braille pattern dots-1245)
g
⠓ (braille pattern dots-125)
h
⠊ (braille pattern dots-24)
i
⠚ (braille pattern dots-245)
j
⠅ (braille pattern dots-13)
k
⠇ (braille pattern dots-123)
l
⠍ (braille pattern dots-134)
m
⠝ (braille pattern dots-1345)
n
⠫ (braille pattern dots-1246)
ŋ
⠕ (braille pattern dots-135)
o
⠏ (braille pattern dots-1234)
p
⠗ (braille pattern dots-1235)
r
⠎ (braille pattern dots-234)
s
⠱ (braille pattern dots-156)
š
⠞ (braille pattern dots-2345)
t
⠳ (braille pattern dots-1256)
ŧ
⠥ (braille pattern dots-136)
u
⠧ (braille pattern dots-1236)
v
⠵ (braille pattern dots-1356)
z
⠮ (braille pattern dots-2346)
ž
⠀ (braille pattern blank)
 

Punctuation is the same as in Norwegian Braille.

References

  1. ^ UNESCO (2013) World Braille Usage, 3rd edition. (thanks, VanIsaac)