Estonian Braille
Script type
alphabet
Print basis
Estonian alphabet
LanguagesEstonian
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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 dots-56)
“ ... ”		 ⠦ (braille pattern dots-236) ...⠴ (braille pattern dots-356)
( ... )		 ⠷ (braille pattern dots-12356) ...⠾ (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 Archived 2014-09-08 at the Wayback Machine, 3rd edition. (thanks, VanIsaac)
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