Maltese Braille

Maltese Braille
Script type
Alphabet
Print basis
Maltese alphabet
LanguagesMaltese
Related scripts
Parent systems
Braille

Maltese Braille is the braille alphabet of the Maltese language. It was in the news in 2005 with the publication of the first braille Bible in Maltese.[1]

Chart

The alphabet is as follows. (See Maltese alphabet.) Ż has the form of international y.[2][better source needed]

⠀ (braille pattern blank)
  		⠁ (braille pattern dots-1)
a 		⠃ (braille pattern dots-12)
b 		⠉ (braille pattern dots-14)
c 		⠉ (braille pattern dots-14)
ċ 		⠙ (braille pattern dots-145)
d 		⠑ (braille pattern dots-15)
e 		⠋ (braille pattern dots-124)
f 		⠾ (braille pattern dots-23456)
ġ 		⠛ (braille pattern dots-1245)
g
⠓ (braille pattern dots-125)
h 		⠮ (braille pattern dots-2346)
ħ 		⠊ (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-12345)
q 		⠗ (braille pattern dots-1235)
r 		⠎ (braille pattern dots-234)
s 		⠞ (braille pattern dots-2345)
t 		⠥ (braille pattern dots-136)
u 		⠧ (braille pattern dots-1236)
v 		⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456)
w 		⠭ (braille pattern dots-1346)
x 		⠵ (braille pattern dots-1356)
z 		⠽ (braille pattern dots-13456)
ż

This chart is different than UNESCO (2013)[3] This chart is from Michael Micallef of the Malta Information Technology Agency [4]

The system described in World Braille Usage 2013 appears to be an old proposal that was never implemented, one which followed the sounds of the letters of the print alphabet rather than the actual letters.

References

  1. ^ Braille Bible in Maltese: 'a dream come true', Times of Malta, 2005 Nov 6
  2. ^ Kummissjoni Nazzjonali Persuni b’Diżabilità (KNPD)
  3. ^ UNESCO (2013) World Braille Usage, 3rd edition.
  4. ^ Maltese Braille Chart


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