Persian Braille

Persian Braille (Persian: بریل فارسی) is the braille alphabet for the Persian language. It is largely compatible with Arabic Braille, which may be found (in uncontracted form)[1] within Persian Braille texts. There are a few additional Persian letters that do not exist in Arabic.[2]

Persian Braille ⠃⠗⠊⠇⠀⠋⠁⠗⠎⠊
Type	abjad
Languages	Persian
Parent systems	Braille English Braille Persian Braille
Print basis	Persian alphabet
Child systems	Urdu Braille

Persian Braille is read from left to right, following the international convention. Numbers are also left to right, rather than switching direction as they do in printed Arabic.

Persian Braille charts

Letters

Print	آ	ا	ب	پ	ت	ث	ج	ﭺ	ح	خ	د	ذ
Braille

Print	ر	ز	ژ	س	ش	ص	ض	ط	ظ	ع	غ
Braille

Print	ف	ق	ک	گ	ل	م	ن	و	ه	ى [3]
Braille

Numbers and arithmetic

Numbers are the same as in English Braille. Arithmetical symbols are introduced by a separate braille prefix.

Print		۱	۲	۳	۴	۵	۶	۷	۸	۹	۰
Braille
Print		+		−		×		÷		=
Braille

Numbers follow operands without a space.[4] For example,

۲ × ۳ = ۶

is in braille,

⠼⠃⠀⠰⠦⠼⠉⠀⠰⠶⠼⠋

Punctuation

Print	,	.	?	!	;	:	-	—	“ ... ”	( ... )
Braille

See also

• Arabic Braille
• Tajik Braille
• Urdu Braille

References

1. There are conflicts with contracted Arabic Braille. Arabic al- is equivalent to Persian ch, for example.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2012-08-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. Per Unesco (2013), ⠊ may be used when the letter ى is pronounced [iː], and ⠕ may be used when it's pronounced [aː], but due to the conflation of these in print, they may both be written ⠊ in braille.
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-09-15. Retrieved 2012-08-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)