Georgian Braille

Nowadays, Georgian Braille is a topic that has gained great relevance in modern society. Since its emergence, Georgian Braille has significantly impacted different aspects of daily life, generating debates, discussions and changes in various areas. The influence of Georgian Braille is present in culture, economics, technology, politics and many other areas, making it a topic of interest to a wide spectrum of people. In this article, we will explore the various aspects related to Georgian Braille, its evolution over time and its impact on today's society. Additionally, we will discuss possible future implications Georgian Braille may have in our ever-changing world.
Georgian Braille
Script type
Alphabet
Print basis
Georgian alphabet
LanguagesGeorgian
Related scripts
Parent systems
Braille
  • Georgian Braille

Georgian Braille is a braille alphabet used for writing the Georgian language. The assignments of the Georgian alphabet to braille patterns is largely consistent with unified international braille.

Alphabet

⠁ (braille pattern dots-1)
⠁
ა a 		⠃ (braille pattern dots-12)
⠃
ბ b 		⠛ (braille pattern dots-1245)
⠛
გ g 		⠙ (braille pattern dots-145)
⠙
დ d 		⠑ (braille pattern dots-15)
⠑
ე e 		⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456)
⠺
ვ v 		⠵ (braille pattern dots-1356)
⠵
ზ z 		⠋ (braille pattern dots-124)
⠋
თ t’ 		⠊ (braille pattern dots-24)
⠊
ი i 		⠅ (braille pattern dots-13)
⠅
კ k 		⠇ (braille pattern dots-123)
⠇
ლ l
⠍ (braille pattern dots-134)
⠍
მ m 		⠝ (braille pattern dots-1345)
⠝
ნ n 		⠕ (braille pattern dots-135)
⠕
ო o 		⠏ (braille pattern dots-1234)
⠏
პ p 		⠚ (braille pattern dots-245)
⠚
ჟ zh 		⠗ (braille pattern dots-1235)
⠗
რ r 		⠎ (braille pattern dots-234)
⠎
ს s 		⠞ (braille pattern dots-2345)
⠞
ტ t 		⠥ (braille pattern dots-136)
⠥
უ u 		⠧ (braille pattern dots-1236)
⠧
ფ p’ 		⠻ (braille pattern dots-12456)
⠻
ქ k’
⠫ (braille pattern dots-1246)
⠫
ღ gh 		⠮ (braille pattern dots-2346)
⠮
ყ q 		⠱ (braille pattern dots-156)
⠱
შ sh 		⠟ (braille pattern dots-12345)
⠟
ჩ ch’ 		⠉ (braille pattern dots-14)
⠉
ც ts’ 		⠽ (braille pattern dots-13456)
⠽
ძ dz 		⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456)
⠹
წ ts 		⠭ (braille pattern dots-1346)
⠭
ჭ ch 		⠓ (braille pattern dots-125)
⠓
ხ kh 		⠪ (braille pattern dots-246)
⠪
ჯ dj 		⠯ (braille pattern dots-12346)
⠯
ჰ h

The basic braille range mostly conforms with international norms, with the exception of sounds which do not occur in Georgian, such as ⠋ *f (reassigned in Georgian to თ t’), and ⠟ *q, which is used for ჩ ch’ rather than ყ q. The assignment of ⠟ to ჩ ch’ is reminiscent of Russian Braille, as is one or two other letters (⠱ for შ sh is widespread in Eastern Europe), but most of the extended-letter assignments are unique to Georgian.

Punctuation

Print , . ? ! ; : ჻ „ ... “ ( ... )
Braille ⠂ (braille pattern dots-2) ⠲ (braille pattern dots-256) ⠦ (braille pattern dots-236) ⠖ (braille pattern dots-235) ⠆ (braille pattern dots-23) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠌ (braille pattern dots-34)⠌ (braille pattern dots-34) ⠦ (braille pattern dots-236)...⠴ (braille pattern dots-356) ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5)⠣ (braille pattern dots-126)...⠐ (braille pattern dots-5)⠜ (braille pattern dots-345)

^* ჻ is an old word divider, no longer in use.

References

  1. ^ UNESCO (2013) World Braille Usage, 3rd edition.
  2. ^ Unicode code point U+10FB. The Unicode name is misleadingly 'paragraph separator'.
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