Odia Braille

Odia Braille
Odia Braille;
Script type	Alphabet
Print basis	Odia script
Languages	Odia language
Related scripts
Parent systems	Braille English Braille Bharati Braille Odia Braille; ; ;
	Indic

Odia Braille is one of the Bharati braille alphabets. Apart from using Hindi æ for Odia ẏ, it conforms to the letter values of the other Bharati scripts.^[1]

Alphabet

The alphabet is as follows.^[1] Vowel letters are used rather than diacritics, and they occur after consonants in their spoken order. For orthographic conventions, see Bharati Braille.

ISO	a	ā	i	ī	u	ū	e	ai	o	au
Print	ଅ	ଆ	ଇ	ଈ	ଉ	ଊ	ଏ	ଐ	ଓ	ଔ
Braille

ISO	r̥		r̥̄		l̥		l̥̄
Print	ଋ		ୠ		ଌ		ୡ
Braille

ISO	k	kh	g	gh	ṅ
Print	କ	ଖ	ଗ	ଘ	ଙ
Braille

ISO	c	ch	j	jh	ñ
Print	ଚ	ଛ	ଜ	ଝ	ଞ
Braille

ISO	ṭ	ṭh	ḍ	ḍh	ṛ	ṛh		ṇ
Print	ଟ	ଠ	ଡ	ଢ	ଡ଼	ଢ଼		ଣ
Braille

ISO	t	th	d	dh	n
Print	ତ	ଥ	ଦ	ଧ	ନ
Braille

ISO	p	ph	b	bh	m
Print	ପ	ଫ	ବ	ଭ	ମ
Braille

ISO	y	ẏ	r	l	ḷ	v
Print	ଯ	ୟ	ର	ଳ	ଲ	ୱ/ଵ^[2]
Braille

ISO	ś	ṣ	s	h
Print	ଶ	ଷ	ସ	ହ
Braille

There are two pre-formed conjuncts,

ISO	kṣ	jñ
Print	କ୍ଷ	ଜ୍ଞ
Braille

and the full range of syllable codas,

ISO	Halant		Anusvara		Visarga		Candrabindu		Avagraha
Print	କ୍		କଂ		କଃ		କଁ		କଽ
Braille

Punctuation

See Bharati Braille#Punctuation.

References

^ ^a ^b World Braille Usage, UNESCO, 2013
^ These have the same sound value in Odia, and UNESCO (2013) does not distinguish them.

[unesco3-1] World Braille Usage, UNESCO, 2013

[2] These have the same sound value in Odia, and UNESCO (2013) does not distinguish them.

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