Philippine Braille | |
Also Known As: | Filipino Braille |
Type: | Alphabet |
Languages: | Tagalog, Ilocano, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Bicol |
Fam1: | Braille |
Fam2: | English Braille |
Print: | Filipino alphabet |
Note: | none |
Philippine Braille or Filipino Braille is the braille alphabet of the Philippines. Besides Filipino (Tagalog), essentially the same alphabet is used for Ilocano, Cebuano, Hiligaynon and Bicol.[1]
Philippine Braille is based on the 26 letters of the basic braille alphabet used for Grade-1 English Braille, so the print digraph ng is written as a digraph in braille as well. The print letter ñ is rendered with the generic accent point, . These are considered part of the alphabet, which is therefore,
a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | |
k | l | m | n | ñ | ng | o | p | |||
q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z |
Numbers and punctuation are as in traditional English Braille, though the virgule / is as in Unified English Braille.