| Hungarian Braille | |
| Type: | alphabet |
| Languages: | Hungarian |
| Fam1: | Braille |
| Print: | Hungarian alphabet |
| Note: | none |
The braille alphabet used to write Hungarian is based on the international norm for the 27 basic letters of the Latin script. However, the letters for q and z have been replaced, to increase the symmetry of the accented letters of the Hungarian alphabet, which are largely innovative to Hungarian braille.[1] [2]
The Hungarian alphabet is:
A Á B C Cs D Dz Dzs E É F G Gy H I Í J K L Ly M N Ny O Ó Ö Ő P (Q) R S Sz T Ty U Ú Ü Ű V (W) (X) (Y) Z Zs
The letters that conform to traditional braille are:
| a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | |
| i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | |
| r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y |
The accented vowel letters are derived from their base letters through stretching or reflection as follows. The traditional letter for q (which is not part of the basic Hungarian alphabet) has been reassigned to ö, and an unused pattern has been assigned to ü:
| a | e | i | o | ö | u | ü | q | ||
| ä | á | é | í | ó | ő | ú | ű |
This creates the following symmetrical pattern for the umlauted vowels:
| ö | ő | |
| ü | ű |
(Ä is not part of the basic Hungarian alphabet.)
The consonant digraphs are derived from their base letters as follows. The traditional letter for z has been replaced, and is used for a parenthesis. As with the accented vowels, the majority of digraphs are created through reflection:
| c | g | l | n | t | s | z | |
| cs | gy | ly | ny | ty | sz | zs | |
| ccs | ggy | lly | nny | tty | ssz | zzs |
This creates the following pattern among the sibilants:
| s | sz | |
| z | zs |
Dz and Dzs are treated as D-Z and D-Zs respectively.
Unlike English or French Braille, Hungarian Braille has separate opening and closing symbols for both parentheses and quotation marks.
| number sign (#) | Dollar sign ($) | percent sign (%) | ampersant (&) | plus sign (+) | asterisk / multiplication sign (*) |
| division sign (/) | equality sign (=) | at sign (@) | backslash (\) | caret (^) | underscore (_) |
| ` | tilde / similarity sign (~) | paragraph sign (§) | euro (€) | bullet sign (•) | degree (°) |
the roman numerals use the capital letters of i, v, x, l, c, m
| I | II | III | IV | V |
| VI | VII | VIII | IX | X |
| XI | XX | XXI | XXX | XXXI |
| XL | XLI | L | LI | LX |
| LXI | C | CI | M | MI |
| (num.) | (caps) |