Philippine Braille
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Braille alphabet used in the Philippines
| Philippine Braille Filipino Braille | |
|---|---|
| Script type | Alphabet
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Print basis | Filipino alphabet; Abakada alphabet |
| Languages | Tagalog, Ilocano, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Bicol |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Braille
|
Philippine Braille or Filipino Braille is the braille alphabet of the Philippines. Besides Filipino (Tagalog), essentially the same alphabet is used for Ilocano, Cebuano, Hiligaynon and Bicol.[1] [2]
Philippine Braille is based on the 26 letters of the basic braille alphabet used for Grade-1 English Braille, so the print digraph ng is written as a digraph ⠝⠛ in braille as well. The print letter ñ is rendered with the generic accent point, ⠈⠝. These are considered part of the alphabet, which is therefore,
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⠁ (braille pattern dots-1)
a ⠃ (braille pattern dots-12)
b ⠉ (braille pattern dots-14)
c ⠙ (braille pattern dots-145)
d ⠑ (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-4) ⠝ (braille pattern dots-1345)
ñ ⠝ (braille pattern dots-1345) ⠛ (braille pattern dots-1245)
ng ⠕ (braille pattern dots-135)
o ⠏ (braille pattern dots-1234)
p⠟ (braille pattern dots-12345)
q ⠗ (braille pattern dots-1235)
r ⠎ (braille pattern dots-234)
s ⠞ (braille pattern dots-2345)
t ⠥ (braille pattern dots-136)
u ⠧ (braille pattern dots-1236)
v ⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456)
w ⠭ (braille pattern dots-1346)
x ⠽ (braille pattern dots-13456)
y ⠵ (braille pattern dots-1356)
z
Numbers and punctuation are as in traditional English Braille, though the virgule / is ⠸⠌ as in Unified English Braille.
References
[edit ]- ^ UNESCO 2013.
- ^ The 17th edition of Ethnologue reports braille usage for Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Waray, and Chavacano as well. They use presumably the same conventions as Filipino.
Works cited
[edit ]- UNESCO (2013). World Braille Usage (PDF) (3rd ed.). Perkins; International Council on English Braille; and National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress. ISBN 978-0-8444-9564-4.