Bengali Braille

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Bengali Braille
বাংলা ব্রেইল
Bangla Braille
Script type
Print basis
Bengali alphabet
LanguagesBengali,
Related scripts
Parent systems

Bengali Braille is used for the Bengali and Assamese languages. According to UNESCO (2013),[1] there are slight different braille conventions for Bengali language in Bangladesh and India, this article compares Bengali Braille in the two countries.

Bengali Braille chart[]

Vowel Alphabets[]

Print অ আ ই ঈ উ ঊ এ ঐ ও ঔ ঋ ঌ
Bangladesh ⠁ (braille pattern dots-1) ⠜ (braille pattern dots-345) ⠊ (braille pattern dots-24) ⠔ (braille pattern dots-35) ⠥ (braille pattern dots-136) ⠳ (braille pattern dots-1256) ⠑ (braille pattern dots-15) ⠌ (braille pattern dots-34) ⠕ (braille pattern dots-135) ⠪ (braille pattern dots-246) ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5)⠗ (braille pattern dots-1235) -[2]
India ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5)⠇ (braille pattern dots-123)

Consonant Alphabets[]

Print ক খ গ ঘ ঙ চ ছ জ ঝ ঞ
Bangladesh ⠅ (braille pattern dots-13) ⠭ (braille pattern dots-1346) ⠛ (braille pattern dots-1245) ⠣ (braille pattern dots-126) ⠬ (braille pattern dots-346) ⠉ (braille pattern dots-14) ⠡ (braille pattern dots-16) ⠚ (braille pattern dots-245) ⠵ (braille pattern dots-1356) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25)
India ⠨ (braille pattern dots-46) ⠴ (braille pattern dots-356)
Print ট ঠ ড ঢ ণ ত থ দ ধ ন
Bangladesh
&
India 		⠾ (braille pattern dots-23456) ⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456) ⠫ (braille pattern dots-1246) ⠿ (braille pattern dots-123456) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456) ⠞ (braille pattern dots-2345) ⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456) ⠙ (braille pattern dots-145) ⠮ (braille pattern dots-2346) ⠝ (braille pattern dots-1345)
Print প ফ ব ভ ম য র / ৰ[3] ল ৱ[4]
Bangladesh ⠏ (braille pattern dots-1234) ⠖ (braille pattern dots-235) ⠃ (braille pattern dots-12) ⠧ (braille pattern dots-1236) ⠍ (braille pattern dots-134) ⠽ (braille pattern dots-13456) ⠗ (braille pattern dots-1235) ⠇ (braille pattern dots-123) -
India ⠘ (braille pattern dots-45) ⠧ (braille pattern dots-1236)
Print শ ষ স হ ক্ষ জ্ঞ ড় ঢ় য়[5] ৎ
Bangladesh ⠩ (braille pattern dots-146) ⠯ (braille pattern dots-12346) ⠎ (braille pattern dots-234) ⠓ (braille pattern dots-125) ⠟ (braille pattern dots-12345) ⠱ (braille pattern dots-156) ⠻ (braille pattern dots-12456) ⠷ (braille pattern dots-12356) ⠢ (braille pattern dots-26) ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5)⠞ (braille pattern dots-2345)
India ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5)⠻ (braille pattern dots-12456) (?)[6]

Codas (Script modifiers)[]

Print
 ্  ং  ঃ  ঁ ঽ ।
Bangladesh
&
India 		⠈ (braille pattern dots-4) ⠰ (braille pattern dots-56) ⠠ (braille pattern dots-6) ⠄ (braille pattern dots-3) ⠂ (braille pattern dots-2) ⠲ (braille pattern dots-256)

Numerals[]

Bengali numerals ১ ২ ৩ ৪ ৫ ৬ ৭ ৮ ৯ ০
Bangladesh
&
India 		⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456)⠁ (braille pattern dots-1) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456)⠃ (braille pattern dots-12) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456)⠉ (braille pattern dots-14) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456)⠙ (braille pattern dots-145) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456)⠑ (braille pattern dots-15) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456)⠋ (braille pattern dots-124) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456)⠛ (braille pattern dots-1245) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456)⠓ (braille pattern dots-125) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456)⠊ (braille pattern dots-24) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456)⠚ (braille pattern dots-245)

Punctuation marks[]

Print , ; : ? ! - —
Bangladesh
&
India 		⠂ (braille pattern dots-2) ⠆ (braille pattern dots-23) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠦ (braille pattern dots-236) ⠖ (braille pattern dots-235) ⠤ (braille pattern dots-36) ⠤ (braille pattern dots-36)⠤ (braille pattern dots-36)
Print ‘ ... ’ [ ... ] / *
Bangladesh
&
India 		⠠ (braille pattern dots-6)⠦ (braille pattern dots-236)⠀ (braille pattern blank)⠴ (braille pattern dots-356)⠄ (braille pattern dots-3) ⠠ (braille pattern dots-6)⠶ (braille pattern dots-2356)⠀ (braille pattern blank)⠶ (braille pattern dots-2356)⠄ (braille pattern dots-3) ⠸ (braille pattern dots-456)⠌ (braille pattern dots-34) ⠔ (braille pattern dots-35)⠔ (braille pattern dots-35)

See also[]

  • Bharati braille

References[]

  1. ^ World Braille Usage Archived 2014-09-08 at the Wayback Machine, UNESCO, 2013
  2. ^ The braille letter for ঌ is not attested from Bangladesh. (It is an obsolete vowel in modern Bengali language.)
  3. ^ "র" for Bengali in Bangladesh and India and "ৰ" for Assamese in India only.
  4. ^ This alphabet "ৱ" is used in Assamese in India. (Similar to the "ভ" of Bangladesh standard.)
  5. ^ In other Bharati braille alphabets, this is transcribed as short vowel e.
  6. ^ The braille letter for ৎ is not attested from India.
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