Odia Braille Explained

Odia Braille
Type:Alphabet
Languages:Odia language
Fam1:Braille
Fam2:English Braille
Fam3:Bharati Braille
Print:Odia script
Ipa-Note:none
Footnotes:Indic

Odia Braille is one of the Bharati braille alphabets. Apart from using Hindi æ for Odia , it conforms to the letter values of the other Bharati scripts.[1]

Alphabet

The alphabet is as follows.[1] Vowel letters are used rather than diacritics, and they occur after consonants in their spoken order. For orthographic conventions, see Bharati Braille.

There are two pre-formed conjuncts,

and the full range of syllable codas,

Punctuation

See Bharati Braille#Punctuation.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.pharmabraille.com/LiteratureRetrieve.aspx?ID=122064 World Braille Usage
  2. These have the same sound value in Odia, and UNESCO (2013) does not distinguish them.