Portuguese Braille | |
Type: | alphabet |
Languages: | Portuguese |
Fam1: | Braille |
Fam2: | French Braille |
Print: | Portuguese alphabet |
Sisters: | Spanish Braille |
Note: | none |
Portuguese Braille is the braille alphabet of the Portuguese language, both in Portugal and in Brazil. It is very close to French Braille, with slight modification of the accented letters and some differences in punctuation.
The French Braille letters for vowels with a grave accent in print tend to be used for vowels with an acute accents in Portuguese Braille. (See French Braille#Similar alphabets. The French vowels œ and ä are used for the Portuguese nasal vowels õ and ã. In numerical order, the letters are:
a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j |
k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | t |
u | v | x | y | z | ç | é | á | è | ú |
â | ê | ì | ô | ù | à | ï | ü | õ | w, ò |
í | ó | ã |
Punctuation is nearly identical to that of Spanish Braille.
Single punctuation: