Czech Braille
{{Short description|Braille alphabet of the Czech language}}
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| name = Czech Braille
| altname = Slovak Braille
| type = alphabet
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| languages = Czech
| fam1 = Braille
| fam2 = Czechoslovak Braille
| print = Czech alphabet
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| sample = Tabulka breillova písma.jpg
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| note = none
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Czech Braille is the braille alphabet of the Czech language. Like braille in other Latin-script languages, Czech Braille assigns the 25 basic Latin letters (not including "W") the same as Louis Braille's original assignments for French.
Czech Braille chart
With the exception of w, Czech follows international norms for the basic letters of the alphabet.
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|{{Braille cell|type=image|1}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|16}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|12}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|14}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|146}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|145}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|1456}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|15}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|345}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|126}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|142}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|1425}} |
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|{{Braille cell|type=image|125}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|42}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|43}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|425}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|13}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|123}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|143}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|1453}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|1426}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|153}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|426}} |
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|{{Braille cell|type=image|14253}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|1253}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|4256}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|423}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|156}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|4253}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|1256}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|136}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|436}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|42536}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|1236}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|12356}} |
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|{{Braille cell|type=image|1436}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|14536}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|14236}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|1536}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|4236}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|0}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|3}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|2}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|25}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|23}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|36}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|256}} |
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|{{Braille cell|type=image|12456}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|26}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|253}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|2536}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|236}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|536}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|53}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|4}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|456}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|6}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|56}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|5}} |
For letters with diacritics, there are two common strategies: (1) a dot 6 may be added (á, č, ď), or (2) the letter is reversed (ň, ó, ř, š, ť, ú, ý, ž). The Czech braille letter ř is the international form for w, so w has been assigned an idiosyncratic form, which is the reverse of ů. Í is a stretched i. É and ě are not derived from e, but are the reverse of each other.
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|{{Braille cell|type=image|1}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|14}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|d}} |colspan=2|{{Braille cell|type=image|15}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|42}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|1453}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|153}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|1253}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|423}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|4253}} |colspan=2|{{Braille cell|type=image|136}} |colspan=2|{{Braille cell|type=image|1236}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|14536}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|1536}} |
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|{{Braille cell|type=image|16}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|146}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|1456}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|345}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|126}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|34}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|1426}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|426}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|4256}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|156}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|1256}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|436}} |colspan=2|{{Braille cell|type=image|42536}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|12356}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|14236}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|4236}} |
The numerical prefix, {{Braille cell|type=text|3456}}, derives the second options in the table (the digits, %, ‰, §). {{Braille cell|type=text|6}} indicates a capital letter, {{Braille cell|type=text|56}} that a word is in all caps, and {{Braille cell|type=text|5}} indicates lower case. There are also prefixes for small and capital Greek letters, {{Braille cell|type=text|45}} and {{Braille cell|type=text|46}}.
Slovak Braille
Slovak Braille is similar. Ô is equivalent to Czech Braille ů, and it does not have the letters ě or ř. In addition, there are four letters not found in Czech Braille:[http://unss.sk/sk/braillovo-pismo/braille-abeceda.php Slovenská Braillova abeceda] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614055336/http://unss.sk/sk/braillovo-pismo/braille-abeceda.php |date=2013-06-14 }}, Únia nevidiacich a slabozrakých Slovenska
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|{{Braille cell|type=image|4}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|46}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|456}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|12356}} |
References
- Czech Republic United Organization for the Blind, 2006, [https://web.archive.org/web/20121106050025/http://www.sons.cz/braillska_abeceda_sada.php Slepecká Braillova abeceda]
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