Belarusian Braille

Belarusian Braille is the braille alphabet of the Belarusian language. It is based on Russian Braille, with a couple additional letters found in the print Belarusian alphabet.

Belarusian Braille
Type	alphabet
Languages	Belarusian
Parent systems	Braille Russian Braille Belarusian Braille
Print basis	Belarusian alphabet

Alphabet

Belarusian does not use all the letters of the Russian alphabet, and it has the additional letters і and ў.

Print	а a	б b	в v	г g	д d	е e	ё jo	ж zh	з z	і i	й j
Braille
Print	к k	л l	м m	н n	о o	п p	р r	с s	т t	у u	ў w
Braille
Print	ф f	х kh	ц ts	ч ch	ш sh	ы y	ь ’	э è	ю ju	я ja
Braille

The letters і and ў are the mirror images of й and у, and the і was once found in Russian Braille. (See obsolete letters of Russian Braille.)

Punctuation

Single punctuation:

Print	,	.	?	!	;	:	-	'
Braille

Paired punctuation:

Print	« ...... »	( ...... )
Braille

Formatting

italics	capital	number

See also

• Ukrainian Braille

References

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