| Bengali Braille বাংলা ব্রেইল Bangla Braille | |
|---|---|
| Script type | |
Print basis | Bengali alphabet |
| Languages | Bengali, |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Night writing
|
Bengali Braille is used for the Bengali and Assamese. 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[edit | edit source]
Vowel Alphabets[edit | edit source]
Consonant Alphabets[edit | edit source]
| প | ফ | ব | ভ | ম | য | র / ৰ[3] | ল | ৱ[4] | |
| Bangladesh | Template:Braille cell | Template:Braille cell | Template:Braille cell | Template:Braille cell | Template:Braille cell | Template:Braille cell | Template:Braille cell | Template:Braille cell | - |
| India | Template:Braille cell | Template:Braille cell |
| শ | ষ | স | হ | ক্ষ | জ্ঞ | ড় | ঢ় | য়[5] | ৎ | ||
| Bangladesh | Template:Braille cell | Template:Braille cell | Template:Braille cell | Template:Braille cell | Template:Braille cell | Template:Braille cell | Template:Braille cell | Template:Braille cell | Template:Braille cell | Template:Braille cell | |
| India | Template:Braille cell | (?)[6] | |||||||||
Codas (Script modifiers)[edit | edit source]
| ্ | ং | ঃ | ঁ | ঽ | । | ||||||
| Bangladesh & India |
Template:Braille cell | Template:Braille cell | Template:Braille cell | Template:Braille cell | Template:Braille cell | Template:Braille cell | |||||
Numerals[edit | edit source]
Punctuation marks[edit | edit source]
| , | ; | : | ? | ! | - | — | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh & India |
Template:Braille cell | Template:Braille cell | Template:Braille cell | Template:Braille cell | Template:Braille cell | Template:Braille cell | Template:Braille cell |
| ‘ ... ’ | [ ... ] | / | * | |
| Bangladesh & India |
Template:Braille cell | Template:Braille cell | Template:Braille cell | Template:Braille cell |
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ World Braille Usage Archived 2014-09-08 at the Wayback Machine, UNESCO, 2013
- ↑ The braille letter for ঌ is not attested from Bangladesh. (It is an obsolete vowel in modern Bengali language.)
- ↑ "র" for Bengali in Bangladesh and India and "ৰ" for Assamese in India only.
- ↑ This alphabet "ৱ" is used in Assamese in India. (Similar to the "ভ" of Bangladesh standard.)
- ↑ In other Bharati braille alphabets, this is transcribed as short vowel e.
- ↑ The braille letter for ৎ is not attested from India.