| Algerian Braille | |
|---|---|
| Script type | |
Print basis | Arabic alphabet |
| Languages | Arabic |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Braille
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Algerian Braille was abraille alphabet used to write theArabic language inAlgeria. It is apparently obsolete.[1]
In Algerian Braille, the braille letters are assigned in numeric order to theArabic alphabet; standardArabic Braille on the other hand uses a completely different assignment, followinginternational norms based on the order of the French alphabet. For example, the fifth braille letter,⠑, is used in Algerian Braille for جj, the fifth letter of the Algerian/Arabic alphabet. In most braille alphabets today,⠑ is used fore, the fifth letter of the French/Latin alphabet, or for a letter that sounds likee, no matter where it occurs in those alphabets.
Algerian-type remapping was common in early braille adaptations, but was largely abandoned in favor of mutually understandable standards beginning with the unification of French, English, German, and Arabic Braille on the original order in 1878.[2]
| ا | ب | ت | ث | ج | ح | خ | د | ذ | ر | |
| Roman | ’ | b | t | th | j | ḥ | kh | d | dh | r |
| Braille |
| ز | س | ش | ص | ض | ط | ظ | ع | غ | ف | |
| Roman | z | s | sh | ṣ | ḍ | ṭ | ẓ | ‘ | gh | f |
| Braille |
| ق | ك | ل | م | ن | ه | و | ي | ى | ء | |
| Roman | q | k | l | m | n | h | w | y | ā | ’ |
| Braille |
| ة | ـّ | ـٓ | ـُ | ـَ | ـِ | ـْ | ـٌ | ـً | ـٍ | |
| Roman | ẗ | (dbl) | : | u | a | i | – | un | an | in |
| Braille |
| ﻻ | |
| Roman | la |
| Braille |