Georgian Braille | |
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Script type | Alphabet
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Print basis | Georgian alphabet |
Languages | Georgian |
Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Braille
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Georgian Braille is a braille alphabet used for writing the Georgian language. The assignments of the Georgian alphabet to braille patterns is largely consistent with unified international braille.[1]
Alphabet
[edit]![]() ⠁ ა a |
![]() ⠃ ბ b |
![]() ⠛ გ g |
![]() ⠙ დ d |
![]() ⠑ ე e |
![]() ⠺ ვ v |
![]() ⠵ ზ z |
![]() ⠋ თ t’ |
![]() ⠊ ი i |
![]() ⠅ კ k |
![]() ⠇ ლ l |
![]() ⠍ მ m |
![]() ⠝ ნ n |
![]() ⠕ ო o |
![]() ⠏ პ p |
![]() ⠚ ჟ zh |
![]() ⠗ რ r |
![]() ⠎ ს s |
![]() ⠞ ტ t |
![]() ⠥ უ u |
![]() ⠧ ფ p’ |
![]() ⠻ ქ k’ |
![]() ⠫ ღ gh |
![]() ⠮ ყ q |
![]() ⠱ შ sh |
![]() ⠟ ჩ ch’ |
![]() ⠉ ც ts’ |
![]() ⠽ ძ dz |
![]() ⠹ წ ts |
![]() ⠭ ჭ ch |
![]() ⠓ ხ kh |
![]() ⠪ ჯ dj |
![]() ⠯ ჰ h |
The basic braille range mostly conforms with international norms, with the exception of sounds which do not occur in Georgian, such as ⠋ *f (reassigned in Georgian to თ t’), and ⠟ *q, which is used for ჩ ch’ rather than ყ q. The assignment of ⠟ to ჩ ch’ is reminiscent of Russian Braille, as is one or two other letters (⠱ for შ sh is widespread in Eastern Europe), but most of the extended-letter assignments are unique to Georgian.
Punctuation
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^* ჻ is an old word divider, no longer in use.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ UNESCO (2013) World Braille Usage, 3rd edition.
- ^ Unicode code point U+10FB. The Unicode name is misleadingly 'paragraph separator'.