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| Samoan Braille | |
|---|---|
| Script type | alphabet |
Print basis | Samoan alphabet |
| Languages | Samoan |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Braille
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Samoan Braille is thebraille alphabet of theSamoan language.[1] It is a subset of thebasic braille alphabet,
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| 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:
Unlikeprint Samoan, which has a special letterʻokina for theglottal stop, Samoan Braille uses the apostrophe⠈, which behaves as punctuation rather than as a consonant. (SeeHawaiian Braille, which has a similar setup.)
Samoan Braille has an unusual punctuation mark, areduplication sign⠙. This is used to indicate that a word is reduplicated, as in⠎⠑⠛⠊⠙segisegi "twilight".
