Navajo Braille
Script type
alphabet
Print basis
Navajo alphabet
LanguagesNavajo
Related scripts
Parent systems

Navajo Braille is the braille alphabet of the Navajo language. It uses a subset of the letters of Unified English Braille, along with the punctuation and formatting of that standard. There are no contractions.

Additional letters, beyond those of English braille, are ⠹ for ł, ⠄ for ' (glottal stop and ejective consonants), the French vowels with grave accents for the Navajo vowels with acute accents (high tone), and ⠨ for ogonek on the following vowel (nasal vowels, e.g. ⠨⠁ for ą, ⠨⠷ for ą́). ⠋ is only used for the digit 6, as the letter 'f' does not exist in the Navajo alphabet.

In numerical order by decade, the letters are:

⠁ (braille pattern dots-1)
a, 1
⠃ (braille pattern dots-12)
b, 2
⠉ (braille pattern dots-14)
c, 3
⠙ (braille pattern dots-145)
d, 4
⠑ (braille pattern dots-15)
e, 5
⠋ (braille pattern dots-124)
6
⠛ (braille pattern dots-1245)
g, 7
⠓ (braille pattern dots-125)
h, 8
⠊ (braille pattern dots-24)
i, 9
⠚ (braille pattern dots-245)
j, 0
⠅ (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-234)
s
⠞ (braille pattern dots-2345)
t
⠭ (braille pattern dots-1346)
x
⠽ (braille pattern dots-13456)
y
⠵ (braille pattern dots-1356)
z
⠷ (braille pattern dots-12356)
á
⠮ (braille pattern dots-2346)
é
⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456)
ł
⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456)
w
⠌ (braille pattern dots-34)
í
⠬ (braille pattern dots-346)
ó
⠄ (braille pattern dots-3)
'
⠨ (braille pattern dots-46)
ogonek

The alphabet was created by Carol Begay Green[1] and adopted by the Navajo Nation in 2015.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Carol Begay Green (2017). "Navajo Braille Code". Paths to Literacy. Perkins School for the Blind. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  2. ↑ "Arizona Daily Sun, 'New Mexico teacher develops braille code for Navajo', Jan 7, 2018".
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