Samoan Braille

Samoan Braille
Script type	alphabet
Print basis	Samoan alphabet
Languages	Samoan
Related scripts
Parent systems	Braille English Braille Samoan Braille

Samoan Braille is the braille alphabet of the Samoan language. ^[1] It is a subset of the basic braille alphabet,

a

e

f

g

i

l

m

n

o

p

s

t

u

v

h

k

r

supplemented by an additional letter ⠰ to mark long vowels:

ā	ē	ī	ō	ū

Unlike print Samoan, which has a special letter ʻokina for the glottal stop, Samoan Braille uses the apostrophe ⠈, which behaves as punctuation rather than as a consonant. (See Hawaiian Braille, which has a similar setup.)

Samoan Braille has an unusual punctuation mark, a reduplication sign ⠙. This is used to indicate that a word is reduplicated, as in ⠎⠑⠛⠊⠙segisegi "twilight".

References

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