Philippine Braille Filipino Braille |
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Type |
alphabet
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Languages | Tagalog, Ilocano, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Bicol |
Parent systems
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Braille
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Print basis
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Abakada alphabet / Filipino alphabet |
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 (UNESCO 2013).[1]
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,
Numbers and punctuation are as in traditional English Braille, though the virgule / is ⠸⠌ as in Unified English Braille.
References[edit]
- ^ Ethnologue 17 reports braille usage for Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Waray-Waray, and Chavacano as well. They presumably use the same conventions as Filipino.
- UNESCO (2013) World Braille Usage, 3rd edition.
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