| Polish Braille | |
|---|---|
| Script type | alphabet |
Print basis | Polish alphabet |
| Languages | Polish |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Braille
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Polish Braille (alfabet Braille'a) is abraille alphabet for writing thePolish language. It is based oninternational braille conventions, with the following extensions:[1]
| Base letter |  a |  c |  e |  l |  n |  s |  u |  y |  z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derived letter |  ą |  ć |  ę |  ł |  ń |  ś |  ó |  ż |  ź |
That is, for letters of the first and seconddecade of the braille script (a, c, e, l, n, s), a diacritic is written as dot 6, and any dot 3 is removed (or, equivalently, is moved to position 6)—that is, the base letter is moved to the fourth decade. For letters of the third decade (u, y, z), which already have a dot 6, the derivation is a mirror image.Ó is derived fromu, which is how it is pronounced (also, the mirror image ofo is already taken). Several of these conventions are used inLithuanian Braille.
Some form of a Braille alphabet had been adapted to the Polish language by 1957.[2]
The full alphabet is this:
a | ą |  b | c | ć |  d | e | ę |
 f |  g |  h |  i |  j |  k | l | ł |
 m | n | ń |  o | ó |  p |  r | s |
ś |  t | u |  w | y | z | ż | ź |
Print digraphs inz are written as two letters in braille as well:⠉⠵cz,⠗⠵rz,⠎⠵sz.
 , |  . '[3] |  ; |  : |  ? |  ! |  - — |  @ |  * |  / |  \ |
  # | • |  % | ‰ | |||||||
° | ′ | ″ | $ | ¢ | ₤ | € | ||||
 © | ™ | |||||||||
 ...“ ... ” |  ...‘ ... ’ |
 ...( ... ) | ... { ... } (?)[4] |
 ... [ ... ] | ... ⟨ ... ⟩ |
 (cap) | (l.c.) |  (emph.) |