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Belarusian Braille

{{Short description|Braille alphabet of the Belarusian language}}

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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.

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Print || а a || б b || в v|| г g|| д d|| е e|| ё jo|| ж ž|| з z|| і i || й j
Braille{{Braille cell|type=image|a}}{{Braille cell|type=image|b}}{{Braille cell|type=image|w}}{{Braille cell|type=image|g}}{{Braille cell|type=image|d}}{{Braille cell|type=image|e}}{{Braille cell|type=image|16}}{{Braille cell|type=image|j}}{{Braille cell|type=image|z}}{{Braille cell|type=image|y}}{{Braille cell|type=image|14236}}
Print || к k|| л l|| м m|| н n|| о o|| п p|| р r|| с s|| т t|| у u|| ў ŭ
Braille{{Braille cell|type=image|k}}{{Braille cell|type=image|l}}{{Braille cell|type=image|m}}{{Braille cell|type=image|n}}{{Braille cell|type=image|o}}{{Braille cell|type=image|p}}{{Braille cell|type=image|r}}{{Braille cell|type=image|s}}{{Braille cell|type=image|t}}{{Braille cell|type=image|u}}{{Braille cell|type=image|346}}
Print || ф f|| х ch|| ц c|| ч č|| ш š|| ы y|| ь ’|| э è|| ю ju|| я ja||  
Braille{{Braille cell|type=image|f}}{{Braille cell|type=image|h}}{{Braille cell|type=image|c}}{{Braille cell|type=image|q}}{{Braille cell|type=image|156}}{{Braille cell|type=image|4236}}{{Braille cell|type=image|42536}}{{Braille cell|type=image|246}}{{Braille cell|type=image|1256}}{{Braille cell|type=image|1426}}{{Braille cell|type=image|0}}

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:

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!Print

!,

.?!;:-'
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!Braille

|{{Braille cell|type=image|2}}

|{{Braille cell|type=image|256}}

|{{Braille cell|type=image|26}}

|{{Braille cell|type=image|235}}

|{{Braille cell|type=image|23}}

|{{Braille cell|type=image|25}}

|{{Braille cell|type=image|36}}

|{{Braille cell|type=image|3}}

Paired punctuation:

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!Print

| « ... »

| ( ... )

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!Braille

|{{Braille cell|type=image|236}}...{{Braille cell|type=image|356}}

|{{Braille cell|type=image|gg}}...{{Braille cell|type=image|gg}}

Formatting

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! italics

capitalnumber
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| {{Braille cell|type=image|456}}

{{Braille cell|type=image|46}}{{Braille cell|type=image|3456}}

See also

References

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  • UNESCO (2013) [http://www.pharmabraille.com/LiteratureRetrieve.aspx?ID=122064 World Braille Usage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908010540/http://www.pharmabraille.com/LiteratureRetrieve.aspx?ID=122064 |date=2014-09-08 }}, 3rd edition.

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Category:French-ordered braille alphabets

Category:Belarusian language

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