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Belarusian Braille
Type	alphabet
Languages	Belarusian
Parent systems	Braille Russian Braille Belarusian Braille
Print basis	Belarusian alphabet

Belarusian Braille is the braille alphabet of the Belarusian language. It is based on Russian Braille, with a couple additional letters found in the print Belarusian alphabet.

Alphabet

Belarusian does not use all the letters of the Russian alphabet, and it has the additional letters і and ў.

Print	а a	б b	в v	г g	д d	е e	ё jo	ж zh	з z	і i	й j
Braille	40px	40px	40px	40px	40px	40px	40px	40px	40px	40px	40px
Print	к k	л l	м m	н n	о o	п p	р r	с s	т t	у u	ў w
Braille	40px	40px	40px	40px	40px	40px	40px	40px	40px	40px	40px
Print	ф f	х kh	ц ts	ч ch	ш sh	ы y	ь ’	э è	ю ju	я ja
Braille	40px	40px	40px	40px	40px	40px	40px	40px	40px	40px	40px

The letters і and ў are the mirror images of й and у, and the і was once found in Russian Braille. (See obsolete letters of Russian Braille.)

Punctuation

Single punctuation:

Print	,	.	?	!	;	:	-	'
Braille	40px	40px	40px	40px	40px	40px	40px	40px

Paired punctuation:

Print	« ...... »	( ...... )
Braille	40px40px40px	40px40px40px

Formatting

italics	capital	number
40px	40px	40px

See also

• Ukrainian Braille

References

• UNESCO (2013) World Braille Usage, 3rd edition.