Ukrainian Braille Explained

Ukrainian Braille
Type:alphabet
Languages:Ukrainian
Fam1:Braille
Fam2:Russian Braille
Print:Ukrainian alphabet
Note:none

Ukrainian Braille is the braille alphabet of the Ukrainian language. It is based on Russian Braille, with a few additional letters found in the print Ukrainian alphabet.

Alphabet

Ukrainian does not use all the letters of the Russian alphabet, and it has the additional letters є, ґ, і, ї.

Print а a б b в vг hґ g(?)д dе eє jeж žз zи y
Braille
Print і iї ïй jк kл lм mн nо oп pр rс s
Braille
Print т tу uф f х khц cч čш šщ ščь ю yuя ya
Braille

The letter і was once found in Russian Braille, but has been dropped. є is the mirror image of a reported archaic form of Russian э. (See obsolete letters of Russian Braille.)

g was reported in UNESCO (1990), but could not be confirmed by UNESCO (2013). It is not repeated by Leksika.com.[1]

Punctuation

Punctuation is from UNESCO (1990) and has not been confirmed.

Single punctuation:

Paired punctuation:

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Numbers

Numbers are the letters a–j introduced with, as in other braille alphabets.

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. http://leksika.com.ua/19340319/ure/braylya_shrift БРАЙЛЯ ШРИФТ