Faroese Braille

Braille system for Faroese From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Faroese Braille is the braille alphabet of the Faroese language. It has the same basic letter assignments as Scandinavian Braille (itself based on International or French Braille),[1] with additions from the Faroese and Danish alphabets.[2]

Script type
alphabet
Print basis
Faroese alphabet
LanguagesFaroese
Parent systems
Braille
  • Faroese Braille
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Faroese Braille
Script type
alphabet
Print basis
Faroese alphabet
LanguagesFaroese
Related scripts
Parent systems
Braille
  • Faroese Braille
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Alphabet

Faroese Braille bears many similarities to Icelandic Braille, and it is as easy for a Faroese-speaker to read Icelandic Braille as it is for a Faroese-speaker to read Icelandic printed text. They both contain letters not present in Scandinavian Braille; however, they differ in that Faroese Braille excludes the letters ⟨c⟩, ⟨é⟩, and ⟨þ⟩ and includes the letters ⟨å⟩, ⟨ei⟩, ⟨ey⟩, and ⟨oy⟩.[3] (Certain diphthongs are considered single sounds in Faroese and cannot be broken down into individual letters.) Some letter assignments are different between Faroese and Icelandic Braille, such as ⟨ó⟩ and ⟨á⟩. Faroese Braille also contains several letters (namely, ⟨q⟩, ⟨x⟩, ⟨w⟩, and ⟨z⟩) that are present in the Danish alphabet but not the Faroese one.

⠁ (braille pattern dots-1)
a
⠌ (braille pattern dots-34)
á
⠃ (braille pattern dots-12)
b
⠙ (braille pattern dots-145)
d
⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456)
ð
⠑ (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-126)
í
⠚ (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-23456)
ó
⠏ (braille pattern dots-1234)
p
⠟ (braille pattern dots-12345)
q
⠗ (braille pattern dots-1235)
r
⠎ (braille pattern dots-234)
s
⠞ (braille pattern dots-2345)
t
⠥ (braille pattern dots-136)
u
⠻ (braille pattern dots-12456)
ú
⠧ (braille pattern dots-1236)
v
⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456)
w
⠭ (braille pattern dots-1346)
x
⠽ (braille pattern dots-13456)
y
⠯ (braille pattern dots-12346)
ý
⠵ (braille pattern dots-1356)
z
⠜ (braille pattern dots-345)
æ
⠪ (braille pattern dots-246)
ø
⠡ (braille pattern dots-16)
å
⠢ (braille pattern dots-26)
ei
⠴ (braille pattern dots-356)
ey
⠒ (braille pattern dots-25)
oy

Punctuation

⠂ (braille pattern dots-2)
,
⠄ (braille pattern dots-3)
'
⠆ (braille pattern dots-23)
 ;
⠒ (braille pattern dots-25)
 :
⠲ (braille pattern dots-256)
.
⠖ (braille pattern dots-235)
 !
⠢ (braille pattern dots-26)
 ?
⠤ (braille pattern dots-36)
-
⠌ (braille pattern dots-34)
/
 
⠦ (braille pattern dots-236) ...⠴ (braille pattern dots-356)
"    ...    "
⠶ (braille pattern dots-2356) ...⠶ (braille pattern dots-2356)
(    ...    )
⠤ (braille pattern dots-36) ⠤ (braille pattern dots-36)
⠄ (braille pattern dots-3) ⠄ (braille pattern dots-3) ⠄ (braille pattern dots-3)
...

The apostrophe, , is also used as the mark of abbreviations, while is used as a period / full stop.

Formatting

⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456)
(num.)
⠠ (braille pattern dots-6)
(caps)
⠰ (braille pattern dots-56)
(ital.)

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