Bengali Braille

Bengali Braille is used for the Bengali language. According to UNESCO (2013),[1] there are slight different braille conventions for Bengali language in India, where the generic Bharati Braille is followed, and in Bangladesh. This article compares Bengali Braille in the two countries.

Bengali Braille
বাংলা ব্রেইল
Bangla Braille
Script type
Print basis
Bengali alphabet
LanguagesBengali
Related scripts
Parent systems

Bengali Braille chart

Vowel Alphabets
Print অআইঈউঊএঐওঔঋঌ
Bangladesh ⠁ (braille pattern dots-1) ⠜ (braille pattern dots-345) ⠊ (braille pattern dots-24) ⠔ (braille pattern dots-35) ⠥ (braille pattern dots-136) ⠳ (braille pattern dots-1256) ⠑ (braille pattern dots-15) ⠌ (braille pattern dots-34) ⠕ (braille pattern dots-135) ⠪ (braille pattern dots-246) ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5) ⠗ (braille pattern dots-1235) -[2]
India ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5) ⠇ (braille pattern dots-123)

Consonant Alphabets
Print কখগঘঙচছজঝঞ
Bangladesh ⠅ (braille pattern dots-13) ⠭ (braille pattern dots-1346) ⠛ (braille pattern dots-1245) ⠣ (braille pattern dots-126) ⠬ (braille pattern dots-346) ⠉ (braille pattern dots-14) ⠡ (braille pattern dots-16) ⠚ (braille pattern dots-245) ⠵ (braille pattern dots-1356) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25)
India ⠨ (braille pattern dots-46) ⠴ (braille pattern dots-356)
Print টঠডঢণতথদধন
Bangladesh
&
India		 ⠾ (braille pattern dots-23456) ⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456) ⠫ (braille pattern dots-1246) ⠿ (braille pattern dots-123456) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456) ⠞ (braille pattern dots-2345) ⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456) ⠙ (braille pattern dots-145) ⠮ (braille pattern dots-2346) ⠝ (braille pattern dots-1345)
Print পফবভমযরল
Bangladesh ⠏ (braille pattern dots-1234) ⠖ (braille pattern dots-235) ⠃ (braille pattern dots-12) ⠧ (braille pattern dots-1236) ⠍ (braille pattern dots-134) ⠽ (braille pattern dots-13456) ⠗ (braille pattern dots-1235) ⠇ (braille pattern dots-123)
India ⠘ (braille pattern dots-45)
Print শষসহক্ষজ্ঞড়ঢ়য়[3]ৎ
Bangladesh ⠩ (braille pattern dots-146) ⠯ (braille pattern dots-12346) ⠎ (braille pattern dots-234) ⠓ (braille pattern dots-125) ⠟ (braille pattern dots-12345) ⠱ (braille pattern dots-156) ⠻ (braille pattern dots-12456) ⠷ (braille pattern dots-12356) ⠢ (braille pattern dots-26) ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5) ⠞ (braille pattern dots-2345)
India ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5) ⠻ (braille pattern dots-12456) (?)[4]

Codas (Script modifiers)
Print
 ্ ং ঃ ঁঽ।
Bangladesh
&
India		 ⠈ (braille pattern dots-4) ⠰ (braille pattern dots-56) ⠠ (braille pattern dots-6) ⠄ (braille pattern dots-3) ⠂ (braille pattern dots-2) ⠲ (braille pattern dots-256)

Numerals
Bengali numerals ১২৩৪৫৬৭৮৯০
Bangladesh
&
India		 ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456) ⠁ (braille pattern dots-1) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456) ⠃ (braille pattern dots-12) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456) ⠉ (braille pattern dots-14) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456) ⠙ (braille pattern dots-145) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456) ⠑ (braille pattern dots-15) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456) ⠋ (braille pattern dots-124) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456) ⠛ (braille pattern dots-1245) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456) ⠓ (braille pattern dots-125) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456) ⠊ (braille pattern dots-24) ⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456) ⠚ (braille pattern dots-245)

Punctuation marks
Print , ; : ? !–—
Bangladesh
&
India		 ⠂ (braille pattern dots-2) ⠆ (braille pattern dots-23) ⠒ (braille pattern dots-25) ⠦ (braille pattern dots-236) ⠖ (braille pattern dots-235) ⠤ (braille pattern dots-36) ⠤ (braille pattern dots-36) ⠤ (braille pattern dots-36)
Print ‘ ... ’[ ... ]/*
Bangladesh
&
India		 ⠠ (braille pattern dots-6) ⠦ (braille pattern dots-236) ...⠴ (braille pattern dots-356) ⠄ (braille pattern dots-3) ⠠ (braille pattern dots-6) ⠶ (braille pattern dots-2356) ...⠶ (braille pattern dots-2356) ⠄ (braille pattern dots-3) ⠸ (braille pattern dots-456) ⠌ (braille pattern dots-34) ⠔ (braille pattern dots-35) ⠔ (braille pattern dots-35)

See also

References
  1. World Braille Usage Archived 2014-09-08 at the Wayback Machine, UNESCO, 2013
  2. The braille letter for ঌ is not attested from Bangladesh. (It is an obsolete vowel in modern Bengali language.)
  3. In other Bharati braille alphabets, this is transcribed as short vowel e.
  4. The braille letter for ৎ is not attested from India.
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