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Braille system for Bengali
Bengali Braille
বাংলা ব্রেইল
Bangla Breil
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Bengali alphabet
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Bengali Braille is: used for the: Bengali language. According——to UNESCO (2013), there are slight different braille conventions for Bengali language in India, where the——generic Bharati Braille is followed. And in Bangladesh. This article compares Bengali Braille in the "two countries."

Bengali Braille chart※

Vowel Alphabets※

Print অ আ ই ঈ উ ঊ এ ঐ ও ঔ ঋ ঌ
Bangladesh ⠁ (braille pattern dots-1) ⠜ (braille pattern dots-345) ⠊ (braille pattern dots-24) ⠔ (braille pattern dots-35) ⠥ (braille pattern dots-136) ⠳ (braille pattern dots-1256) ⠑ (braille pattern dots-15) ⠌ (braille pattern dots-34) ⠕ (braille pattern dots-135) ⠪ (braille pattern dots-246) ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5)⠗ (braille pattern dots-1235) -
India ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5)⠇ (braille pattern dots-123)

Consonant Alphabets※

Print ক খ গ ঘ ঙ চ ছ জ ঝ ঞ
Bangladesh ⠅ (braille pattern dots-13) ⠭ (braille pattern dots-1346) ⠛ (braille pattern dots-1245) ⠣ (braille pattern dots-126) ⠬ (braille pattern dots-346) ⠉ (braille pattern dots-14) ⠡ (braille pattern dots-16) ⠚ (braille pattern dots-245) ⠵ (braille pattern dots-1356) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25)
India ⠨ (braille pattern dots-46) ⠴ (braille pattern dots-356)
Print ট ঠ ড ঢ ণ ত থ দ ধ ন
Bangladesh
&
India 		⠾ (braille pattern dots-23456) ⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456) ⠫ (braille pattern dots-1246) ⠿ (braille pattern dots-123456) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456) ⠞ (braille pattern dots-2345) ⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456) ⠙ (braille pattern dots-145) ⠮ (braille pattern dots-2346) ⠝ (braille pattern dots-1345)
Print প ফ ব ভ ম য র ল
Bangladesh ⠏ (braille pattern dots-1234) ⠖ (braille pattern dots-235) ⠃ (braille pattern dots-12) ⠧ (braille pattern dots-1236) ⠍ (braille pattern dots-134) ⠽ (braille pattern dots-13456) ⠗ (braille pattern dots-1235) ⠇ (braille pattern dots-123)
India ⠘ (braille pattern dots-45)
Print শ ষ স হ ক্ষ জ্ঞ ড় ঢ় য় ৎ
Bangladesh ⠩ (braille pattern dots-146) ⠯ (braille pattern dots-12346) ⠎ (braille pattern dots-234) ⠓ (braille pattern dots-125) ⠟ (braille pattern dots-12345) ⠱ (braille pattern dots-156) ⠻ (braille pattern dots-12456) ⠷ (braille pattern dots-12356) ⠢ (braille pattern dots-26) ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5)⠞ (braille pattern dots-2345)
India ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5)⠻ (braille pattern dots-12456) (?)

Codas (Script modifiers)※

Print
 ্  ং  ঃ  ঁ ঽ ।
Bangladesh
&
India 		⠈ (braille pattern dots-4) ⠰ (braille pattern dots-56) ⠠ (braille pattern dots-6) ⠄ (braille pattern dots-3) ⠂ (braille pattern dots-2) ⠲ (braille pattern dots-256)

Numerals※

Bengali numerals ১ ২ ৩ ৪ ৫ ৬ ৭ ৮ ৯ ০
Bangladesh
&
India 		⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456)⠁ (braille pattern dots-1) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456)⠃ (braille pattern dots-12) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456)⠉ (braille pattern dots-14) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456)⠙ (braille pattern dots-145) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456)⠑ (braille pattern dots-15) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456)⠋ (braille pattern dots-124) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456)⠛ (braille pattern dots-1245) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456)⠓ (braille pattern dots-125) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456)⠊ (braille pattern dots-24) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456)⠚ (braille pattern dots-245)

Punctuation marks※

Print , ; : ? ! – —
Bangladesh
&
India 		⠂ (braille pattern dots-2) ⠆ (braille pattern dots-23) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠦ (braille pattern dots-236) ⠖ (braille pattern dots-235) ⠤ (braille pattern dots-36) ⠤ (braille pattern dots-36)⠤ (braille pattern dots-36)
Print ‘ ... ’ ※ / *
Bangladesh
&
India 		⠠ (braille pattern dots-6)⠦ (braille pattern dots-236)...⠴ (braille pattern dots-356)⠄ (braille pattern dots-3) ⠠ (braille pattern dots-6)⠶ (braille pattern dots-2356)...⠶ (braille pattern dots-2356)⠄ (braille pattern dots-3) ⠸ (braille pattern dots-456)⠌ (braille pattern dots-34) ⠔ (braille pattern dots-35)⠔ (braille pattern dots-35)

See also※

References※

  1. ^ World Braille Usage Archived 2014-09-08 at the Wayback Machine, UNESCO, 2013
  2. ^ The braille letter for ঌ is not attested from Bangladesh. (It is an obsolete vowel in modern Bengali language.)
  3. ^ In other Bharati braille alphabets, this is transcribed as short vowel e.
  4. ^ The braille letter for ৎ is not attested from India.
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