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| Icelandic Braille | |
|---|---|
| Script type | alphabet |
Print basis | Icelandic alphabet |
| Languages | Icelandic |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Braille
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Icelandic Braille is thebraille alphabet of theIcelandic language.
The letter assignment is the same as in theScandinavian Braille with the addition of certain Icelandic letters. There is even more overlap with theFaroese Braille. The base letters are the same as inFrench Braille. Note thatc,q,w, andz are not used in Modern Icelandic, but are included so that foreign proper names can still be spelt.[1]
 a |  á |  b |  c |  d |  ð |  e |  é |  f |  g |
 h |  i |  í |  j |  k |  l |  m |  n |  o |  ó |
 p |  q |  r |  s |  t |  u |  ú |  v |  w |  x |
 y |  ý |  z |  þ |  æ |  ö |  . |  ? |  @ |  % |
. |  , |  ’ |  ; |  : |  . |  ! | ? |  ” |  * |  / |
 - | — |  ...„ ... “ | ... ‚ ... ‘ |  ...( ... ) |  ... [ ... ] | |||||
UNESCO (2013) reports that⠠ is both the mark of capitalization and theellipsis.[2] However, as they have wrong info about which letters mean which in the alphabet in regard to the Nordic countries, this information is not to be trusted.
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