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

Odia Braille
Script type
Print basis
Odia script
LanguagesOdia language
Related scripts
Parent systems
Indic

Alphabet edit

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.

Print
ISO a ā i ī u ū e ai o au
Braille                    
Print
ISO r̥̄ l̥̄
Braille            
Print
ISO k kh g gh
Braille          
Print
ISO c ch j jh ñ
Braille          
Print ଡ଼ ଢ଼
ISO ṭh ḍh ṛh
Braille               
Print
ISO t th d dh n
Braille          
Print
ISO p ph b bh m
Braille          
Print ୱ/ଵ[2]
ISO y r l v
Braille            
Print
ISO ś s h
Braille        

There are two pre-formed conjuncts,

Print କ୍ଷ ଜ୍ଞ
ISO kṣ
Braille    

and the full range of syllable codas,

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

Punctuation edit

See Bharati Braille#Punctuation.

References edit

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