Latvian Braille
{{Short description|Braille alphabet of the Latvian language}}
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| languages = Latvian
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Latvian Braille is the braille alphabet of the Latvian language.
Alphabet
The alphabet is as follows.{{Cite web |url=http://www.neredzigobiblioteka.lv/?page_id=1545 |title=Latvijas Neredzīgo bibliotēka |access-date=2012-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205905/http://www.neredzigobiblioteka.lv/?page_id=1545 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }} It uses international w for v. All Latvian print diacritics are indicated by dot 6 in Latvian Braille; the international forms of u, v, and z have been abandoned to allow this to be a regular rule (compared to say Lithuanian Braille, which has a separate convention for such letters).
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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|15}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|156}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|142}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|1425}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|14256}} |
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|{{Braille cell|type=image|125}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|42}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|246}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|425}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|13}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|136}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|123}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|1236}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|143}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|1453}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|14536}} |
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|{{Braille cell|type=image|153}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|1423}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|1253}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|234}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|2346}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|4253}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|34}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|346}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|w}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|345}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|3456}} |
Punctuation
[http://www.pharmabraille.com/LiteratureRetrieve.aspx?ID=122064 World Braille Usage], UNESCO, 2013
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!, | .And thus {{Braille cell|256|256|256}} for ellipsis | ? | ! | ; | : | ' | « ... » | ( ... ) | - | — | / | /{{bc|456|123}} is used for a virgule/slash in text, {{bc|34}} for one "on box".{{clarify|date=November 2013}} |
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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|3}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|236}}...{{Braille cell|type=image|356}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|gg}}...{{Braille cell|type=image|gg}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|36}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|0|36|0}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|456|123}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|34}} |
Formatting
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|{{Braille cell|type=image|#}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|46}} |{{Braille cell|type=image|6}} |
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| (digit) | (caps) | (l.c.) |