Latvian Braille deviates from international braille for certain characters. The symbol for w in international braille is used instead for v. All Latvian braille print diacritics are indicated by the addition of dot 6; the international forms of u, v, and z have been abandoned to allow this rule for diacritics.
Character | Braille | Braille dots |
---|---|---|
a | ⠁ | 1 |
ā | ⠡ | 16 |
b | ⠃ | 12 |
c | ⠉ | 14 |
č | ⠩ | 146 |
d | ⠙ | 145 |
e | ⠑ | 15 |
ē | ⠱ | 156 |
f | ⠋ | 124 |
g | ⠛ | 1245 |
ģ | ⠻ | 12456 |
h | ⠓ | 125 |
i | ⠊ | 24 |
ī | ⠪ | 246 |
j | ⠚ | 245 |
k | ⠅ | 13 |
ķ | ⠥ | 136 |
l | ⠇ | 123 |
ļ | ⠧ | 1236 |
m | ⠍ | 134 |
n | ⠝ | 1345 |
ņ | ⠽ | 13456 |
o | ⠕ | 135 |
p | ⠏ | 1234 |
r | ⠗ | 1235 |
s | ⠎ | 234 |
š | ⠮ | 2346 |
t | ⠞ | 2345 |
u | ⠌ | 34 |
ū | ⠬ | 346 |
v | ⠺ | 2456 |
z | ⠜ | 345 |
ž | ⠼ | 3456 |
. | ⠲ | 256 |
, | ⠂ | 2 |
; | ⠆ | 23 |
: | ⠒ | 25 |
– | ⠤ | 36 |
( … ) | ⠶ … ⠶ | 2356 … 2356 |
/ | ⠌ | 34 |
% | ⠼⠚⠴ | 3456 245 356 |
‰ | ⠡⠴⠄ | 16 356 3 |
1 | ⠼⠁ | 3456 1 |
2 | ⠼⠃ | 3456 12 |
3 | ⠼⠉ | 3456 14 |
4 | ⠼⠙ | 3456 145 |
5 | ⠼⠑ | 3456 15 |
6 | ⠼⠋ | 3456 124 |
7 | ⠼⠛ | 3456 1245 |
8 | ⠼⠓ | 3456 125 |
9 | ⠼⠊ | 3456 24 |
0 | ⠼⠚ | 3456 245 |
Number indicator | ⠼ | 3456 |
Caps indicator | ⠨ | 46 |
Lowercase indicator | ⠠ | 6 |
References
Last date updated: January 2016