Estonian Braille

Estonian Braille
Type
alphabet
Languages Estonian
Parent systems
Print basis
 Estonian alphabet

Estonian Braille is the braille alphabet of the Estonian language.[1]

Alphabet

Estonian Braille uses the international (read French) norms for the letters ä ö ü. Š and ž are mirror-images of s and z, a strategy found in other alphabets. Õ is the mirror-image of ä, as the mirror-image of o is used for ö.

⠁ (braille pattern dots-1) 
a		 ⠃ (braille pattern dots-12) 
b		 ⠙ (braille pattern dots-145) 
d		 ⠑ (braille pattern dots-15) 
e		 ⠋ (braille pattern dots-124) 
f		 ⠛ (braille pattern dots-1245) 
g		 ⠓ (braille pattern dots-125) 
h		 ⠊ (braille pattern dots-24) 
i		 ⠚ (braille pattern dots-245) 
j
⠅ (braille pattern dots-13) 
k		 ⠇ (braille pattern dots-123) 
l		 ⠍ (braille pattern dots-134) 
m		 ⠝ (braille pattern dots-1345) 
n		 ⠕ (braille pattern dots-135) 
o		 ⠏ (braille pattern dots-1234) 
p		 ⠗ (braille pattern dots-1235) 
r		 ⠎ (braille pattern dots-234) 
s		 ⠱ (braille pattern dots-156) 
š
⠵ (braille pattern dots-1356) 
z		 ⠮ (braille pattern dots-2346) 
ž		 ⠞ (braille pattern dots-2345) 
t		 ⠥ (braille pattern dots-136) 
u		 ⠧ (braille pattern dots-1236) 
v		 ⠣ (braille pattern dots-126) 
õ		 ⠜ (braille pattern dots-345) 
ä		 ⠪ (braille pattern dots-246) 
ö		 ⠳ (braille pattern dots-1256) 
ü

When c q w x y are used in foreign names, they have their normal values of ⠉⠟⠺⠭⠽.

Punctuation

Punctuation is nearly identical to that of Finnish Braille.

⠂ (braille pattern dots-2) 
,		 ⠄ (braille pattern dots-3) 
.		 ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5) 
'		 ⠢ (braille pattern dots-26) 
?		 ⠖ (braille pattern dots-235) 
!		 ⠆ (braille pattern dots-23) 
;		 ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) 
 :		 ⠤ (braille pattern dots-36) 
-		 ⠔ (braille pattern dots-35) 
*		 ⠌ (braille pattern dots-34) 
/
⠰ (braille pattern dots-56) ⠀ (braille pattern blank) ⠰ (braille pattern dots-56) 
“ ... ”		 ⠦ (braille pattern dots-236) ⠀ (braille pattern blank) ⠴ (braille pattern dots-356) 
( ... )		 ⠷ (braille pattern dots-12356) ⠀ (braille pattern blank) ⠾ (braille pattern dots-23456) 
[ ... ]

Formatting

⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456) 
(digit)		 ⠠ (braille pattern dots-6) 
(caps)		 ⠨ (braille pattern dots-46) 
(italics)		 ⠸ (braille pattern dots-456) 
(bold)

References

  1. ↑ UNESCO (2013) World Braille Usage, 3rd edition. (thanks, VanIsaac)
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