Iñupiaq Braille

Iñupiaq Braille
Type
alphabet
Languages Inupiat
Parent systems
Braille
  • Iñupiaq Braille
Print basis
 Iñupiaq alphabet

Iñupiaq Braille is a braille alphabet of the Inupiat language maintained by the Alaskan Department of Education.[1]

Chart

The print digraphs ch and sh are digraphs in braille as well. The alphabet is,

⠁ (braille pattern dots-1)
a		 ⠉ (braille pattern dots-14)⠓ (braille pattern dots-125)
ch		 ⠛ (braille pattern dots-1245)
g		 ⠾ (braille pattern dots-23456)
ġ		 ⠓ (braille pattern dots-125)
h		 ⠊ (braille pattern dots-24)
i		 ⠅ (braille pattern dots-13)
k		 ⠬ (braille pattern dots-346)
ḳ		 ⠇ (braille pattern dots-123)
l		 ⠷ (braille pattern dots-12356)
ḷ		 ⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456)
ł		 ⠯ (braille pattern dots-12346)
ł̣		 ⠍ (braille pattern dots-134)
m
⠝ (braille pattern dots-1345)
n		 ⠻ (braille pattern dots-12456)
ñ		 ⠫ (braille pattern dots-1246)
ŋ		 ⠏ (braille pattern dots-1234)
p		 ⠟ (braille pattern dots-12345)
q		 ⠗ (braille pattern dots-1235)
r		 ⠎ (braille pattern dots-234)
s		 ⠎ (braille pattern dots-234)⠗ (braille pattern dots-1235)
sr		 ⠞ (braille pattern dots-2345)
t		 ⠳ (braille pattern dots-1256)
ṭ		 ⠥ (braille pattern dots-136)
u		 ⠧ (braille pattern dots-1236)
v		 ⠽ (braille pattern dots-13456)
y

⠻ for ñ is from Spanish Braille. ŋ and ṭ are the mirror-image of n and t. Ł is from English Braille th, the English sound which is closest to it. Ḳ and ṭ are only found in older texts. Punctuation is the same as in English Braille.

References

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

See also

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