Armenian Braille is either of twobraille alphabets used for writing theArmenian language. The assignments of theArmenian alphabet to braille patterns is largely consistent withunified international braille, with the same punctuation, except for the comma.[1]However,Eastern andWestern Armenian are assigned braille letters based on different criteria.[2] The conventions for Western Armenian were developed in Lebanon.
| Eastern Armenian Braille | |
|---|---|
| Script type | alphabet |
Print basis | Armenian alphabet |
| Languages | Eastern Armenian |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Braille
|
In Eastern Armenian, braille cells are assigned international values based on the historical correspondences of theArmenian script. For this reason they closely match the Latin transliteration convention used in the table below.
| Linear | Ա ա a | Բ բ b | Գ գ g | Դ դ d | Ե ե e | Զ զ z | Է է ē | Ը ը ë | Թ թ t’ | Ժ ժ ž | Ի ի i | Լ լ l | Խ խ x |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braille | ⠁ | ⠃ | ⠛ | ⠙ | ⠚ | ⠮ | ⠑ | ⠌ | ⠜ | ⠾ | ⠊ | ⠇ | ⠹ |
| Linear | Ծ ծ ç | Կ կ k | Հ հ h | Ձ ձ j | Ղ ղ ġ | Ճ ճ č̣ | Մ մ m | Յ յ y | Ն ն n | Շ շ s | Ո ո o | Չ չ č | Պ պ p |
| Braille | ⠉ | ⠅ | ⠓ | ⠣ | ⠻ | ⠩ | ⠍ | ⠽ | ⠝ | ⠱ | ⠧ | ⠟ | ⠏ |
| Linear | Ջ ջ ǰ | Ռ ռ ṙ | Ս ս s | Վ վ v | Տ տ t | Ր ր r | Ց ց c’ | Ւ ւ w | Փ փ p’ | Ք ք k’ | Եւ և ev | Օ օ ò | Ֆ ֆ f |
| Braille | ⠭ | ⠷[3] | ⠎ | ⠺ | ⠞ | ⠗ | ⠵[4] | ⠥ | ⠯ | ⠬ | ⠡ | ⠕ | ⠋ |
| Linear | , | ՞ |
|---|---|---|
| Braille | ⠒ | ⠢ |
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| Western Armenian Braille | |
|---|---|
| Script type | alphabet |
Print basis | Armenian alphabet |
| Languages | Western Armenian |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Braille
|
In Western Armenian, braille cells are assigned according to a pronunciation which diverges from the historical origin of the letters. Thus what are transliteratedb g d in the table below are assigned braille values asp q th, whilep t č̣ k are pronounced like Englishb d j g and have those braille assignments.
| Linear | Ա ա a | Բ բ b | Գ գ g | Դ դ d | Ե ե e | Զ զ z | Է է ē | Ը ը ë | Թ թ t’ | Ժ ժ ž | Ի ի i | Լ լ l | Խ խ x |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braille | ⠁ | ⠏ | ⠟ | ⠹ | ⠽ | ⠵ | ⠑ | ⠥ | ⠞ | ⠜ | ⠊ | ⠇ | ⠭ |
| Linear | Ծ ծ ç | Կ կ k | Հ հ h | Ձ ձ j | Ղ ղ ġ | Ճ ճ č̣ | Մ մ m | Յ յ y | Ն ն n | Շ շ s | Ո ո o | Չ չ č | Պ պ p |
| Braille | ⠌ | ⠛ | ⠓ | ⠬ | ⠣ | ⠚ | ⠍ | ⠱ | ⠝ | ⠩ | ⠪ | ⠡ | ⠃ |
| Linear | Ջ ջ ǰ | Ռ ռ ṙ | Ս ս s | Վ վ v | Տ տ t | Ր ր r | Ց ց c’ | Ւ ւ w | Փ փ p’ | Ք ք k’ | Օ օ ò | Ֆ ֆ f | |
| Braille | ⠉ | ⠻ | ⠎ | ⠧ | ⠙ | ⠗ | ⠮ | ⠺ | ⠫ | ⠅ | ⠕ | ⠋ |
| Linear | , | ՞ | ’ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Braille | ⠠ | ⠦ | ⠄ |
Եւ (և) is⠯.[citation needed]
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Apart from the comma and question mark above, Eastern and Western Braille use the same punctuation.
| Linear | ՝ | ․ | ։ | ՜ | « » | ֊ | (cap) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braille | ⠆ | ⠒[5] | ⠲ | ⠖ | ⠦⠀⠴ | ⠤ | ⠨ |
