Navajo Braille
Navajo Braille | |
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Script type | alphabet
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Print basis | Navajo alphabet |
Languages | Navajo |
Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Braille
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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:
a, 1 |
b, 2 |
c, 3 |
d, 4 |
e, 5 |
6 |
g, 7 |
h, 8 |
i, 9 |
j, 0 |
k |
l |
m |
n |
o |
s |
t |
x |
y |
z |
á |
é |
ł |
w |
í |
ó |
' |
ogonek |
The alphabet was created by Carol Begay Green[1] and adopted by the Navajo Nation in 2015.[2]
References
- ^ Carol Begay Green (2017). "Navajo Braille Code". Paths to Literacy. Perkins School for the Blind. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
- ^ "Arizona Daily Sun, 'New Mexico teacher develops braille code for Navajo', Jan 7, 2018".
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