Kannada Braille
Appearance
Kannada Braille | |
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Script type | |
Print basis | Kannada alphabet |
Languages | Kannada language |
Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Braille
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Indic |
Kannada Braille is one of the Bharati braille alphabets, and it largely conforms to the letter values of the other Bharati alphabets.[1]
Alphabet
[edit]The alphabet is as follows.[1] Vowel letters are used rather than diacritics, and they occur after consonants in their spoken order. For orthographic conventions, see Bharati Braille.
ಅ | ಆ | ಇ | ಈ | ಉ | ಊ | ಎ | ಏ | ಐ | ಒ | ಓ | ಔ | |
ISO | a | ā | i | ī | u | ū | e | ē | ai | o | ō | au |
Braille |
ಋ | ೠ | |||
ISO | r̥ | r̥̄ | ||
Braille |
ಕ | ಖ | ಗ | ಘ | ಙ | |
ISO | k | kh | g | gh | ṅ |
Braille |
ಚ | ಛ | ಜ | ಝ | ಞ | |
ISO | c | ch | j | jh | ñ |
Braille |
ಟ | ಠ | ಡ | ಢ | ಣ | |
ISO | ṭ | ṭh | ḍ | ḍh | ṇ |
Braille |
ತ | ಥ | ದ | ಧ | ನ | |
ISO | t | th | d | dh | n |
Braille |
ಪ | ಫ | ಬ | ಭ | ಮ | |
ISO | p | ph | b | bh | m |
Braille |
ಯ | ರ | ಲ | ಳ | ವ | |
ISO | y | r | l | ḷ | v |
Braille |
ಶ | ಷ | ಸ | ಹ | |
ISO | ś | ṣ | s | h |
Braille |
There is a single pre-formed conjunct, and two obsolete letters,
ಕ್ಷ | ಱ | ೞ | |
ISO | kṣ | ṟ | ḻ |
Braille |
and several syllable codas,
ಕ್ | ಕಂ | ಕಃ | ||||
ISO | Halant | Anusvara | Visarga | |||
Braille |
Punctuation
[edit]See Bharati Braille#Punctuation.
References
[edit]- ^ a b World Braille Usage, UNESCO, 2013