| Hawaiian Braille | |
|---|---|
| Script type | alphabet |
Print basis | Hawaiian alphabet |
| Languages | Hawaiian |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Braille
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Hawaiian Braille is thebraille alphabet of theHawaiian language. It is a subset of thebasic braille alphabet.
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| a | e | h | i | k | l | m | n | o | p | u | w |
supplemented by an additional letter⠸ to mark long vowels:
(Māori Braille uses the same convention for long vowels.)[1]
Unlikeprint Hawaiian, which has a special letterʻokina for theglottal stop, Hawaiian Braille uses the apostrophe⠄, which behaves as punctuation rather than as a consonant:
That is, the order to writeʻĀ isapostrophe, cap sign, length sign, A.
Punctuation is as inEnglish Braille.
