| Georgian Braille | |
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| Script type | alphabet |
Print basis | Georgian alphabet |
| Languages | Georgian |
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Parent systems | Braille
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Georgian Braille is a braille alphabet used for writing the Georgian language. The assignments of the Georgian alphabet to braille patterns is largely consistent with unified international braille. [1]
 ⠁ ა a |  ⠃ ბ b |  ⠛ გ g |  ⠙ დ d |  ⠑ ე e |  ⠺ ვ v |  ⠵ ზ z |  ⠋ თ t’ |  ⠊ ი i |  ⠅ კ k |  ⠇ ლ l |
 ⠍ მ m |  ⠝ ნ n |  ⠕ ო o |  ⠏ პ p |  ⠚ ჟ zh |  ⠗ რ r |  ⠎ ს s |  ⠞ ტ t |  ⠥ უ u |  ⠧ ფ p’ |  ⠻ ქ k’ |
 ⠫ ღ gh |  ⠮ ყ q |  ⠱ შ sh |  ⠟ ჩ ch’ |  ⠉ ც ts’ |  ⠽ ძ dz |  ⠹ წ ts |  ⠭ ჭ ch |  ⠓ ხ kh |  ⠪ ჯ dj |  ⠯ ჰ h |
The basic braille range mostly conforms with international norms, with the exception of sounds which do not occur in Georgian, such as ⠋*f (reassigned in Georgian to თ t’), and ⠟*q, which is used for ჩ ch’ rather than ყ q. The assignment of ⠟ to ჩ ch’ is reminiscent of Russian Braille, as is one or two other letters (⠱ for შ sh is widespread in Eastern Europe), but most of the extended-letter assignments are unique to Georgian.
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