Hawaiian Braille
| Hawaiian Braille | |
|---|---|
| Type |
alphabet
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| Languages | Hawaiian |
Parent systems |
Braille
|
Print basis | Hawaiian alphabet |
Hawaiian Braille is the braille alphabet of the Hawaiian language. It is a subset of the basic braille alphabet,
a e h i k l m n o p u w
supplemented by an additional letter ⠸ to mark long vowels:
(Māori Braille uses the same convention for long vowels.)[1]
Unlike print Hawaiian, which has a special letter ʻokina for the glottal stop, Hawaiian Braille uses the apostrophe ⠄, which behaves as punctuation rather than as a consonant:
- ⠄⠸⠁⠊⠝⠁ ʻāina
- ⠄⠠⠸⠁⠊⠝⠁ ʻĀina
That is, the order to write ʻĀ is apostrophe, cap sign, length sign, A.
Punctuation is as in English Braille.
References
- ↑ UNESCO (2013) World Braille Usage, 3rd edition.
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