Kannada Braille

Kannada Braille;
Type	Alphabet
Languages	Kannada language
Parent systems	Braille English Braille Bharati Braille Kannada Braille; ; ;
Print basis	Kannada alphabet

Kannada Braille is one of the Bharati braille alphabets, and it largely conforms to the letter values of the other Bharati alphabets.[1]

Alphabet

The alphabet is as follows.[1] Vowel letters are used rather than diacritics, and they occur after consonants in their spoken order. For orthographic conventions, see Bharati Braille.

ISO	a	ā	i	ī	u	ū	e	ē	ai	o	ō	au
Print	ಅ	ಆ	ಇ	ಈ	ಉ	ಊ	ಎ	ಏ	ಐ	ಒ	ಓ	ಔ
Braille

ISO	r̥		r̥̄
Print	ಋ		ೠ
Braille

ISO	k	kh	g	gh	ṅ
Print	ಕ	ಖ	ಗ	ಘ	ಙ
Braille

ISO	c	ch	j	jh	ñ
Print	ಚ	ಛ	ಜ	ಝ	ಞ
Braille

ISO	ṭ	ṭh	ḍ	ḍh	ṇ
Print	ಟ	ಠ	ಡ	ಢ	ಣ
Braille

ISO	t	th	d	dh	n
Print	ತ	ಥ	ದ	ಧ	ನ
Braille

ISO	p	ph	b	bh	m
Print	ಪ	ಫ	ಬ	ಭ	ಮ
Braille

ISO	y	r	l	ḷ	v
Print	ಯ	ರ	ಲ	ಳ	ವ
Braille

ISO	ś	ṣ	s	h
Print	ಶ	ಷ	ಸ	ಹ
Braille

There is a single pre-formed conjunct, and two obsolete letters,

ISO	kṣ	ṟ	ḻ
Print	ಕ್ಷ	ಱ	ೞ
Braille

and several syllable codas,

ISO	Halant		Anusvara		Visarga
Print	ಕ್		ಕಂ		ಕಃ
Braille

Punctuation

See Bharati Braille#Punctuation.

References

World Braille Usage, UNESCO, 2013

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[unesco3-1] World Braille Usage, UNESCO, 2013