Bengali Braille

Bengali Braille
বাংলা ব্রেইল
Bangla Braille
Type
Languages Bengali,
Parent systems
Print basis
 Bengali alphabet

Bengali Braille is used for the Bengali. According to UNESCO (2013),[1] there are slight different braille conventions for Bengali language in Bangladesh and India, this article compares Bengali Braille in the two countries.

Bengali Braille chart

Vowel Alphabets

Print অআইঈউঊএঐওঔঋঌ
Bangladesh ⠁ (braille pattern dots-1) ⠜ (braille pattern dots-345) ⠊ (braille pattern dots-24) ⠔ (braille pattern dots-35) ⠥ (braille pattern dots-136) ⠳ (braille pattern dots-1256) ⠑ (braille pattern dots-15) ⠌ (braille pattern dots-34) ⠕ (braille pattern dots-135) ⠪ (braille pattern dots-246) ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5) ⠗ (braille pattern dots-1235) -[2]
India ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5) ⠇ (braille pattern dots-123) 

Consonant Alphabets

Print কখগঘঙচছজঝঞ
Bangladesh ⠅ (braille pattern dots-13) ⠭ (braille pattern dots-1346) ⠛ (braille pattern dots-1245) ⠣ (braille pattern dots-126) ⠬ (braille pattern dots-346) ⠉ (braille pattern dots-14) ⠡ (braille pattern dots-16) ⠚ (braille pattern dots-245) ⠵ (braille pattern dots-1356) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) 
India ⠨ (braille pattern dots-46) ⠴ (braille pattern dots-356) 
Print টঠডঢণতথদধন
Bangladesh
&
India		 ⠾ (braille pattern dots-23456) ⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456) ⠫ (braille pattern dots-1246) ⠿ (braille pattern dots-123456) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456) ⠞ (braille pattern dots-2345) ⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456) ⠙ (braille pattern dots-145) ⠮ (braille pattern dots-2346) ⠝ (braille pattern dots-1345) 
Print পফবভমযর / ৰ[3]লৱ[4]
Bangladesh ⠏ (braille pattern dots-1234) ⠖ (braille pattern dots-235) ⠃ (braille pattern dots-12) ⠧ (braille pattern dots-1236) ⠍ (braille pattern dots-134) ⠽ (braille pattern dots-13456) ⠗ (braille pattern dots-1235) ⠇ (braille pattern dots-123) -
India ⠘ (braille pattern dots-45) ⠧ (braille pattern dots-1236) 
Print শষসহক্ষজ্ঞড়ঢ়য়[5]ৎ
Bangladesh ⠩ (braille pattern dots-146) ⠯ (braille pattern dots-12346) ⠎ (braille pattern dots-234) ⠓ (braille pattern dots-125) ⠟ (braille pattern dots-12345) ⠱ (braille pattern dots-156) ⠻ (braille pattern dots-12456) ⠷ (braille pattern dots-12356) ⠢ (braille pattern dots-26) ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5) ⠞ (braille pattern dots-2345) 
India ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5) ⠻ (braille pattern dots-12456) (?)[6]

Codas (Script modifiers)

Print
 ্ ং ঃ ঁঽ।
Bangladesh
&
India		 ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4) ⠰ (braille pattern dots-56) ⠠ (braille pattern dots-6) ⠄ (braille pattern dots-3) ⠂ (braille pattern dots-2) ⠲ (braille pattern dots-256) 

Numerals

Bengali numerals ১২৩৪৫৬৭৮৯০
Bangladesh
&
India		 ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456) ⠁ (braille pattern dots-1) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456) ⠃ (braille pattern dots-12) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456) ⠉ (braille pattern dots-14) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456) ⠙ (braille pattern dots-145) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456) ⠑ (braille pattern dots-15) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456) ⠋ (braille pattern dots-124) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456) ⠛ (braille pattern dots-1245) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456) ⠓ (braille pattern dots-125) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456) ⠊ (braille pattern dots-24) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456) ⠚ (braille pattern dots-245) 

Punctuation marks

Print ,; :?!-—
Bangladesh
&
India		 ⠂ (braille pattern dots-2) ⠆ (braille pattern dots-23) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠦ (braille pattern dots-236) ⠖ (braille pattern dots-235) ⠤ (braille pattern dots-36) ⠤ (braille pattern dots-36) ⠤ (braille pattern dots-36) 
Print ‘ ... ’[ ... ]/*
Bangladesh
&
India		 ⠠ (braille pattern dots-6) ⠦ (braille pattern dots-236) ⠀ (braille pattern blank) ⠴ (braille pattern dots-356) ⠄ (braille pattern dots-3) ⠠ (braille pattern dots-6) ⠶ (braille pattern dots-2356) ⠀ (braille pattern blank) ⠶ (braille pattern dots-2356) ⠄ (braille pattern dots-3) ⠸ (braille pattern dots-456) ⠌ (braille pattern dots-34) ⠔ (braille pattern dots-35) ⠔ (braille pattern dots-35) 

See also

References

  1. ↑ World Braille Usage, UNESCO, 2013
  2. ↑ The braille letter for ঌ is not attested from Bangladesh. (It is an obsolete vowel in modern Bengali language.)
  3. ↑ "র" for Bengali in Bangladesh and India and "ৰ" for Assamese in India only.
  4. ↑ This alphabet "ৱ" is used in Assamese in India. (Similar to the "ভ" of Bangladesh standard.)
  5. ↑ In other Bharati braille alphabets, this is transcribed as short vowel e.
  6. ↑ The braille letter for ৎ is not attested from India.
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