Bengali Braille
Braille system for Bengali
Bengali Braille বাংলা ব্রেইল Bangla Breil | |
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Script type | Alphabet |
Print basis | Bengali alphabet |
Languages | Bengali |
Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Night writing
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This article contains Bengali text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols.
Bengali Braille is used for the Bengali language. According to UNESCO (2013),[1] there are slight different braille conventions for Bengali language in India, where the generic Bharati Braille is followed, and in Bangladesh. This article compares Bengali Braille in the two countries.
Bengali Braille chart
Vowel Alphabets
অ | আ | ই | ঈ | উ | ঊ | এ | ঐ | ও | ঔ | ঋ | ঌ | |
Bangladesh | -[2] | |||||||||||
India |
Consonant Alphabets
ক | খ | গ | ঘ | ঙ | চ | ছ | জ | ঝ | ঞ | |
Bangladesh | ||||||||||
India |
ট | ঠ | ড | ঢ | ণ | ত | থ | দ | ধ | ন | |
Bangladesh & India |
প | ফ | ব | ভ | ম | য | র | ল | |
Bangladesh | ||||||||
India |
শ | ষ | স | হ | ক্ষ | জ্ঞ | ড় | ঢ় | য়[3] | ৎ | ||
Bangladesh | |||||||||||
India | (?)[4] |
Codas (Script modifiers)
্ | ং | ঃ | ঁ | ঽ | । | ||||||
Bangladesh & India |
Numerals
Bengali numerals | ১ | ২ | ৩ | ৪ | ৫ | ৬ | ৭ | ৮ | ৯ | ০ |
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Bangladesh & India |
Punctuation marks
, | ; | : | ? | ! | – | — | |
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Bangladesh & India |
‘ ... ’ | [ ... ] | / | * | |
Bangladesh & India | ... | ... |
See also
- Bharati braille
References
- ^ World Braille Usage Archived 2014-09-08 at the Wayback Machine, UNESCO, 2013
- ^ The braille letter for ঌ is not attested from Bangladesh. (It is an obsolete vowel in modern Bengali language.)
- ^ In other Bharati braille alphabets, this is transcribed as short vowel e.
- ^ The braille letter for ৎ is not attested from India.
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