Odia Braille

Odia Braille is one of the Bharati braille alphabets. Apart from using Hindi æ for Odia , it conforms to the letter values of the other Bharati scripts.[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.

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ISOaāiīuūeaioau
Braille⠁ (braille pattern dots-1) ⠜ (braille pattern dots-345) ⠊ (braille pattern dots-24) ⠔ (braille pattern dots-35) ⠥ (braille pattern dots-136) ⠳ (braille pattern dots-1256) ⠑ (braille pattern dots-15) ⠌ (braille pattern dots-34) ⠕ (braille pattern dots-135) ⠪ (braille pattern dots-246)
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ISOr̥̄l̥̄
Braille⠐ (braille pattern dots-5) ⠗ (braille pattern dots-1235) ⠠ (braille pattern dots-6) ⠗ (braille pattern dots-1235) ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5) ⠇ (braille pattern dots-123) ⠠ (braille pattern dots-6) ⠇ (braille pattern dots-123)
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ISOkkhggh
Braille⠅ (braille pattern dots-13) ⠨ (braille pattern dots-46) ⠛ (braille pattern dots-1245) ⠣ (braille pattern dots-126) ⠬ (braille pattern dots-346)
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ISOcchjjhñ
Braille⠉ (braille pattern dots-14) ⠡ (braille pattern dots-16) ⠚ (braille pattern dots-245) ⠴ (braille pattern dots-356) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25)
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ISOṭhḍhṛh
Braille⠾ (braille pattern dots-23456) ⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456) ⠫ (braille pattern dots-1246) ⠿ (braille pattern dots-123456) ⠻ (braille pattern dots-12456) ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5) ⠻ (braille pattern dots-12456) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456)
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ISOtthddhn
Braille⠞ (braille pattern dots-2345) ⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456) ⠙ (braille pattern dots-145) ⠮ (braille pattern dots-2346) ⠝ (braille pattern dots-1345)
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ISOpphbbhm
Braille⠏ (braille pattern dots-1234) ⠖ (braille pattern dots-235) ⠃ (braille pattern dots-12) ⠘ (braille pattern dots-45) ⠍ (braille pattern dots-134)
Printୱ/ଵ[2]
ISOyrlv
Braille⠽ (braille pattern dots-13456) ⠢ (braille pattern dots-26) ⠗ (braille pattern dots-1235) ⠇ (braille pattern dots-123) ⠸ (braille pattern dots-456) ⠧ (braille pattern dots-1236)
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ISOśsh
Braille⠩ (braille pattern dots-146) ⠯ (braille pattern dots-12346) ⠎ (braille pattern dots-234) ⠓ (braille pattern dots-125)

There are two pre-formed conjuncts,

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ISOkṣ
Braille⠟ (braille pattern dots-12345) ⠱ (braille pattern dots-156)

and the full range of syllable codas,

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ISOHalantAnusvaraVisargaCandrabinduAvagraha
Braille⠈ (braille pattern dots-4) ⠰ (braille pattern dots-56) ⠠ (braille pattern dots-6) ⠄ (braille pattern dots-3) ⠂ (braille pattern dots-2)

Punctuation

See Bharati Braille#Punctuation.

References

  1. 12World Braille Usage, UNESCO, 2013
  2. These have the same sound value in Odia, and UNESCO (2013) does not distinguish them.