Philippine Braille

Philippine Braille
Filipino Braille
Philippine Braille; Filipino Braille
Script type	Alphabet
Print basis	Filipino alphabet; Abakada alphabet
Languages	Tagalog, Ilocano, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Bicol
Related scripts
Parent systems	Braille English Braille Philippine Braille; ;

Philippine Braille or Filipino Braille is the braille alphabet of the Philippines. Besides Filipino (Tagalog), essentially the same alphabet is used for Ilocano, Cebuano, Hiligaynon and Bicol (UNESCO 2013).^[1]

Philippine Braille is based on the 26 letters of the basic braille alphabet used for Grade-1 English Braille, so the print digraph ng is written as a digraph ⠝⠛ in braille as well. The print letter ñ is rendered with the generic accent point, ⠈⠝. These are considered part of the alphabet, which is therefore,

a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	i	j
k	l	m	n	ñ		ng		o	p
q	r	s	t	u	v	w	x	y	z

Numbers and punctuation are as in traditional English Braille, though the virgule / is ⠸⠌ as in Unified English Braille.

References[]

^ Ethnologue 17 reports braille usage for Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Waray, and Chavacano as well. They presumably use the same conventions as Filipino.

UNESCO (2013) World Braille Usage, 3rd edition.

[1] Ethnologue 17 reports braille usage for Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Waray, and Chavacano as well. They presumably use the same conventions as Filipino.

[1]