Zambian Braille
Braille systems used in Zambia
Zambian Braille
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alphabet
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Bemba alphabet |
Languages | Bemba , Chewa , Kaonde , Lozi , Lunda , Luvale , Tonga |
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Zambian Braille is any of several braille alphabets of Zambia. It has been developed for the languages Bemba , Chewa , Lozi , Kaonde , Lunda , Luvale , and Tonga .
It is based on the 26 letters of the basic braille alphabet used for Grade-1 English Braille , so the print digraph ch is written as a digraph ⠉ ⠓ in braille as well. The letter ñ/ŋ [ŋ] of several of the print alphabets is distinguished from the sequence ng [ŋɡ] with an apostrophe: ⠝ ⠛ ⠄ ñ , as in the equivalent ng’ of print Bemba. The various alphabets, including digraphs that occur in any one of them, can thus be summarized as:
Bemba has the basic alphabet plus ng’, sh, and in some orthographies ch in place of c . Chewa (Nyanja) has ch ; Lozi, Lunda and Kaonde have ch, sh, and ñ ; Luvale has ch, sh, ph, kh, th ; and Tonga has ch, sh, bb, cc, hh, kk, and ŋ .
Numbers and punctuation are as in traditional English Braille .
References
- UNESCO (2013) World Braille Usage , 3rd edition.
Braille
⠃⠗⠁⠊⠇⠇⠑
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