Estonian Braille

Estonian Braille
Script type	alphabet
Print basis	Estonian alphabet
Languages	Estonian
Related scripts
Parent systems	Braille French/Scandinavian Braille Estonian Braille

Estonian Braille is the braille alphabet of the Estonian language.

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.

⠁ (braille pattern dots-1) a	⠃ (braille pattern dots-12) b	⠙ (braille pattern dots-145) d	⠑ (braille pattern dots-15) e	⠋ (braille pattern dots-124) f	⠛ (braille pattern dots-1245) g	⠓ (braille pattern dots-125) h	⠊ (braille pattern dots-24) i	⠚ (braille pattern dots-245) j
⠅ (braille pattern dots-13) k	⠇ (braille pattern dots-123) l	⠍ (braille pattern dots-134) m	⠝ (braille pattern dots-1345) n	⠕ (braille pattern dots-135) o	⠏ (braille pattern dots-1234) p	⠗ (braille pattern dots-1235) r	⠎ (braille pattern dots-234) s	⠱ (braille pattern dots-156) š
⠵ (braille pattern dots-1356) z	⠮ (braille pattern dots-2346) ž	⠞ (braille pattern dots-2345) t	⠥ (braille pattern dots-136) u	⠧ (braille pattern dots-1236) v	⠣ (braille pattern dots-126) õ	⠜ (braille pattern dots-345) ä	⠪ (braille pattern dots-246) ö	⠳ (braille pattern dots-1256) 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.

⠂ (braille pattern dots-2) ,

⠄ (braille pattern dots-3) .

⠐ (braille pattern dots-5) '

⠢ (braille pattern dots-26)  ?

⠖ (braille pattern dots-235)  !

⠆ (braille pattern dots-23)  ;

⠒ (braille pattern dots-25)  :

⠤ (braille pattern dots-36) -

⠔ (braille pattern dots-35) *

⠌ (braille pattern dots-34) /

⠰ (braille pattern dots-56)...⠰ (braille pattern dots-56) “ ... ”

⠦ (braille pattern dots-236)...⠴ (braille pattern dots-356) ( ... )

⠷ (braille pattern dots-12356)...⠾ (braille pattern dots-23456) [ ... ]

Formatting

⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456) (digit)

⠠ (braille pattern dots-6) (caps)

⠨ (braille pattern dots-46) (italics)

⠸ (braille pattern dots-456) (bold)