Icelandic Braille

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Icelandic Braille
Script type
alphabet
Print basis
Icelandic alphabet
LanguagesIcelandic
Related scripts
Parent systems
Braille

Icelandic Braille is the braille alphabet of the Icelandic language.

Alphabet[]

The letter assignment is the same as in the Scandinavian Braille with the addition of certain Icelandic letters, there is even more overlap with the Faroese Braille. The base alphabet is the same as in French Braille.

⠁ (braille pattern dots-1)
a
⠡ (braille pattern dots-16)
á
⠃ (braille pattern dots-12)
b
⠉ (braille pattern dots-14)
c
⠙ (braille pattern dots-145)
d
⠱ (braille pattern dots-156)
ð
⠑ (braille pattern dots-15)
e
⠮ (braille pattern dots-2346)
é
⠋ (braille pattern dots-124)
f
⠛ (braille pattern dots-1245)
g
⠓ (braille pattern dots-125)
h
⠊ (braille pattern dots-24)
i
⠣ (braille pattern dots-126)
í
⠚ (braille pattern dots-245)
j
⠅ (braille pattern dots-13)
k
⠇ (braille pattern dots-123)
l
⠍ (braille pattern dots-134)
m
⠝ (braille pattern dots-1345)
n
⠕ (braille pattern dots-135)
o
⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456)
ó
⠏ (braille pattern dots-1234)
p
⠟ (braille pattern dots-12345)
q
⠗ (braille pattern dots-1235)
r
⠎ (braille pattern dots-234)
s
⠞ (braille pattern dots-2345)
t
⠥ (braille pattern dots-136)
u
⠻ (braille pattern dots-12456)
ú
⠧ (braille pattern dots-1236)
v
⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456)
w
⠭ (braille pattern dots-1346)
x
⠽ (braille pattern dots-13456)
y
⠯ (braille pattern dots-12346)
ý
⠵ (braille pattern dots-1356)
z
⠫ (braille pattern dots-1246)
þ
⠜ (braille pattern dots-345)
æ
⠪ (braille pattern dots-246)
ö
⠄ (braille pattern dots-3)
.
⠢ (braille pattern dots-26)
?
⠿ (braille pattern dots-123456)
@
⠨ (braille pattern dots-46)
%

Punctuation[]

⠄ (braille pattern dots-3)
.
⠂ (braille pattern dots-2)
,
⠐ (braille pattern dots-5)
⠆ (braille pattern dots-23)
 ;
⠒ (braille pattern dots-25)
 :
⠲ (braille pattern dots-256)
.
⠖ (braille pattern dots-235)
 !
⠢ (braille pattern dots-26)
 ?
⠴ (braille pattern dots-356)
⠔ (braille pattern dots-35)
*
⠌ (braille pattern dots-34)
/
⠤ (braille pattern dots-36)
-
⠤ (braille pattern dots-36)⠤ (braille pattern dots-36)
⠶ (braille pattern dots-2356)⠀ (braille pattern blank)⠶ (braille pattern dots-2356)
„   ...   “
⠐ (braille pattern dots-5)⠀ (braille pattern blank)⠐ (braille pattern dots-5)
‚    ...    ‘
⠦ (braille pattern dots-236)⠀ (braille pattern blank)⠴ (braille pattern dots-356)
(    ...    )
⠷ (braille pattern dots-12356)⠀ (braille pattern blank)⠾ (braille pattern dots-23456)
[    ...    ]

UNESCO (2013) reports that is both the mark of capitalization and the ellipsis. However, as they have wrong info about which letters mean which in the alphabet in regard to the Nordic countries, this information is not to be trusted.

References[]

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