Estonian Braille

Estonian Braille is the braille alphabet of the Estonian language.[1]

Estonian Braille
Script type
alphabet
Print basis
Estonian alphabet
LanguagesEstonian
Related scripts
Parent systems

Alphabet

Estonian Braille uses the international (read French) norms for the letters ä ö ü. Š and ž are mirror-images of s and z, a strategy found in other alphabets. Õ is the mirror-image of ä, as the mirror-image of o is used for ö.


a
b
d
e
f
g
h
i
j

k
l
m
n
o
p
r
s
š

z
ž
t
u
v
õ
ä
ö
ü

When c q w x y are used in foreign names, they have their normal values of ⠉⠟⠺⠭⠽.

Punctuation

Punctuation is nearly identical to that of Finnish Braille.


,
.
'
 ?
 !
 ;
 :
-
*
/

“ ... ”
( ... )
[ ... ]

Formatting

(digit)
(caps)
(italics)
(bold)

References
  1. UNESCO (2013) World Braille Usage Archived 2014-09-08 at the Wayback Machine, 3rd edition. (thanks, VanIsaac)
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