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Polish Braille
Type	alphabet
Languages	Polish
Parent systems	Braille Polish Braille
Print basis	Polish alphabet

Polish Braille (alfabet Braille'a) is a braille alphabet for writing the Polish language. It is based on international braille conventions, with the following extensions:

Base letter	40px a	40px c	40px e	40px l	40px n	40px s	40px u	40px y	40px z
Derived letter	40px ą	40px ć	40px ę	40px ł	40px ń	40px ś	40px ó	40px ż	40px ź

That is, for letters of the first and second decade of the braille script (a, c, e, l, n, s), a diacritic is written as dot 6, and any dot 3 is removed (or, equivalently, is moved to position 6)—that is, the base letter is moved to the fourth decade. For letters of the third decade (u, y, z), which already have a dot 6, the derivation is a mirror image. Ó is derived from u, which is how it is pronounced (also, the mirror image of o is already taken). Several of these conventions are used in Lithuanian Braille.

Alphabet

The full alphabet is thus:

40px a	40px ą	40px b	40px c	40px ć	40px d	40px e	40px ę
40px f	40px g	40px h	40px i	40px j	40px k	40px l	40px ł
40px m	40px n	40px ń	40px o	40px ó	40px p	40px r	40px s
40px ś	40px t	40px u	40px w	40px y	40px z	40px ż	40px ź

Print digraphs in z are written as two letters in braille as well: ⠉⠵ cz, ⠗⠵ rz, ⠎⠵ sz.

Punctuation

40px ,	40px .   '	40px  ;	40px  :	40px  ?	40px  !	40px -   —	40px @	40px *	40px /	40px \
40px40px #		40px40px •		40px40px40px  %			40px40px40px40px ‰
40px °	40px ′	40px40px ″		40px $	40px40px ¢		40px40px ₤		40px40px €
40px40px ©		40px40px ™

Paired punctuation

40px40px40px “ ... ”

40px40px40px40px40px ‘ ... ’

40px40px40px ( ... )

40px40px40px40px40px { ... } (?)

40px40px40px [ ... ]

40px40px40px40px40px ⟨ ... ⟩

Formatting

40px (cap)

40px (l.c.)

40px (emph.)

External links

• [2] (a detailed account of typesetting Polish Braille)

[3] Braille Translator on-line( Conversion of typed text on the Braille characters, full of Polish notation.)