Georgian Braille

Georgian Braille is a braille alphabet used for writing the Georgian language. The assignments of the Georgian alphabet to braille patterns is largely consistent with unified international braille.[1]

Georgian Braille
Type
alphabet
LanguagesGeorgian
Parent systems
Braille
  • Georgian Braille
Print basis
Georgian alphabet

Alphabet


⠁
ა a

⠃
ბ b

⠛
გ g

⠙
დ d

⠑
ე e

⠺
ვ v

⠵
ზ z

⠋
თ t’

⠊
ი i

⠅
კ k

⠇
ლ l

⠍
მ m

⠝
ნ n

⠕
ო o

⠏
პ p

⠚
ჟ zh

⠗
რ r

⠎
ს s

⠞
ტ t

⠥
უ u

⠧
ფ p’

⠻
ქ k’

⠫
ღ gh

⠮
ყ q

⠱
შ sh

⠟
ჩ ch’

⠉
ც ts’

⠽
ძ dz

⠹
წ ts

⠭
ჭ ch

⠓
ხ kh

⠪
ჯ dj

⠯
ჰ h

The basic braille range mostly conforms with international norms, with the exception of sounds which do not occur in Georgian, such as ⠋ *f (reassigned in Georgian to თ t’), and ⠟ *q, which is used for ჩ ch’ rather than ყ q. The assignment of ⠟ to ჩ ch’ is reminiscent of Russian Braille, as is one or two other letters (⠱ for შ sh is widespread in Eastern Europe), but most of the extended-letter assignments are unique to Georgian.

Punctuation

Print ,.?!;:჻ [*]„ ... “( ... )
Braille

^* ჻ is an old word divider, no longer in use.[2]

References

  1. UNESCO (2013) World Braille Usage, 3rd edition.
  2. Unicode code point U+10FB. The Unicode name is misleadingly 'paragraph separator'.
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