Malayalam Braille
Appearance
Malayalam Braille | |
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Script type | |
Print basis | Malayalam alphabet |
Languages | Malayalam language |
Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Braille
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Indic |
Malayalam Braille is one of the Bharati braille alphabets, and it largely conforms to the letter values of the other Bharati alphabets.[1]
Alphabet
[edit]The alphabet is as follows.[1] Vowel letters are used rather than diacritics, and they occur after consonants in their spoken order. For orthographic conventions, see Bharati Braille.
അ | ആ | ഇ | ഈ | ഉ | ഊ | എ | ഏ | ഐ | ഒ | ഓ | ഔ | |
ISO | a | ā | i | ī | u | ū | e | ē | ai | o | ō | au |
Braille |
ഋ | ൠ | ഌ | ൡ | |||||
ISO | r̥ | r̥̄ | l̥ | l̥̄ | ||||
Braille |
ക | ഖ | ഗ | ഘ | ങ | |
ISO | k | kh | g | gh | ṅ |
Braille |
ച | ഛ | ജ | ഝ | ഞ | |
ISO | c | ch | j | jh | ñ |
Braille |
ട | ഠ | ഡ | ഢ | ണ | |
ISO | ṭ | ṭh | ḍ | ḍh | ṇ |
Braille |
ത | ഥ | ദ | ധ | ന | |
ISO | t | th | d | dh | n |
Braille |
പ | ഫ | ബ | ഭ | മ | |
ISO | p | ph/f | b | bh | m |
Braille |
യ | ര | ല | ള | വ | |
ISO | y | r | l | ḷ | v |
Braille |
ശ | ഷ | സ | ഹ | |
ISO | ś | ṣ | s | h |
Braille |
There is a single pre-formed conjunct and several consonants shared with Tamil Braille,
ക്ഷ | റ | ഴ | ഩ | |
ISO | kṣ | ṟ | ḻ | ṉ |
Braille |
and several syllable codas,
ക് | കം | കഃ | ||||
ISO | Halant | Anusvara | Visarga | |||
Braille |
Punctuation
[edit]See Bharati Braille#Punctuation.
References
[edit]- ^ a b World Braille Usage, UNESCO, 2013