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Albanian Braille
Script type
alphabet
LanguagesAlbanian
Related scripts
Parent systems
Braille
  • Albanian Braille

Albanian Braille is the braille alphabet for writing the Albanian language. Like other braille alphabets for languages written in the Latin script, the simple Latin letters are all assigned values based on international braille.

Albanian Braille chart

Letter a b c ç d dh e ë f g gj h
Braille ⠁ (braille pattern dots-1) ⠃ (braille pattern dots-12) ⠉ (braille pattern dots-14) ⠩ (braille pattern dots-146) ⠙ (braille pattern dots-145) ⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456) ⠑ (braille pattern dots-15) ⠡ (braille pattern dots-16) ⠋ (braille pattern dots-124) ⠛ (braille pattern dots-1245) ⠻ (braille pattern dots-12456) ⠓ (braille pattern dots-125)
Letter i j k l ll m n nj o p q r
Braille ⠊ (braille pattern dots-24) ⠚ (braille pattern dots-245) ⠅ (braille pattern dots-13) ⠇ (braille pattern dots-123) ⠷ (braille pattern dots-12356) ⠍ (braille pattern dots-134) ⠝ (braille pattern dots-1345) ⠫ (braille pattern dots-1246) ⠕ (braille pattern dots-135) ⠏ (braille pattern dots-1234) ⠯ (braille pattern dots-12346) ⠗ (braille pattern dots-1235)
Letter rr s sh t th u v x xh y z zh
Braille ⠟ (braille pattern dots-12345) ⠎ (braille pattern dots-234) ⠱ (braille pattern dots-156) ⠞ (braille pattern dots-2345) ⠾ (braille pattern dots-23456) ⠥ (braille pattern dots-136) ⠧ (braille pattern dots-1236) ⠭ (braille pattern dots-1346) ⠮ (braille pattern dots-2346) ⠽ (braille pattern dots-13456) ⠵ (braille pattern dots-1356) ⠳ (braille pattern dots-1256)

As in several other braille alphabets, letters and digraphs are frequently derived by adding a dot 6 or reversing the base letter.

Punctuation   Quote  
, . ; : ? ! - open close ()
Braille ⠂ (braille pattern dots-2) ⠲ (braille pattern dots-256) ⠆ (braille pattern dots-23) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠢ (braille pattern dots-26) ⠖ (braille pattern dots-235) ⠤ (braille pattern dots-36) ⠦ (braille pattern dots-236) ⠴ (braille pattern dots-356) ⠶ (braille pattern dots-2356)

References

  • "World Braille Usage". UNESCO. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
  • Shefik Osmani, 1983, Fjalor i Pedagogjisë, Tiranë.