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Hawaiian Braille

Hawaiian Braille

Braille alphabet of the Hawaiian language

Hawaiian Braille is the braille alphabet of the Hawaiian language. It is a subset of the basic braille alphabet,

⠁ (braille pattern dots-1) ⠑ (braille pattern dots-15) ⠓ (braille pattern dots-125) ⠊ (braille pattern dots-24) ⠅ (braille pattern dots-13) ⠇ (braille pattern dots-123) ⠍ (braille pattern dots-134) ⠝ (braille pattern dots-1345) ⠕ (braille pattern dots-135) ⠏ (braille pattern dots-1234) ⠥ (braille pattern dots-136) ⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456)
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supplemented by an additional letter ⠸ to mark long vowels:

⠸ (braille pattern dots-456) ⠁ (braille pattern dots-1) ⠸ (braille pattern dots-456) ⠑ (braille pattern dots-15) ⠸ (braille pattern dots-456) ⠊ (braille pattern dots-24) ⠸ (braille pattern dots-456) ⠕ (braille pattern dots-135) ⠸ (braille pattern dots-456) ⠥ (braille pattern dots-136)
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(Māori Braille uses the same convention for long vowels.)[1]

Unlike print Hawaiian, which has a special letter ʻokina for the glottal stop, Hawaiian Braille uses the apostrophe ⠄, which behaves as punctuation rather than as a consonant:

⠄⠸⠁⠊⠝⠁ ʻāina
⠄⠠⠸⠁⠊⠝⠁ ʻĀina

That is, the order to write ʻĀ is apostrophe, cap sign, length sign, A.

Punctuation is as in English Braille.

References

  1. [1]
    UNESCO (2013) World Braille Usage, 3rd edition.
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