Bengali Braille

Bengali Braille
বাংলা ব্রেইল
*Bangla Breil*
Bengali Braille; বাংলা ব্রেইল; Bangla Breil
Script type	Alphabet
Print basis	Bengali alphabet
Languages	Bengali
Related scripts
Parent systems	Night writing Braille English Braille Bharati Braille Bengali Braille; ; ; ;

Bengali Braille is used for the Bengali language. According to UNESCO (2013),^[1] there are slight different braille conventions for Bengali language in India, where the generic Bharati Braille is followed, and in Bangladesh. This article compares Bengali Braille in the two countries.

This article contains Bengali text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols.

Bengali Braille chart

Vowel Alphabets

Print	অ	আ	ই	ঈ	উ	ঊ	এ	ঐ	ও	ঔ	ঋ	ঌ
Bangladesh												-^[2]
India

Consonant Alphabets

Print	ক	খ	গ	ঘ	ঙ	চ	ছ	জ	ঝ	ঞ
Bangladesh
India

Print	ট	ঠ	ড	ঢ	ণ	ত	থ	দ	ধ	ন
Bangladesh & India

Print	প	ফ	ব	ভ	ম	য	র	ল
Bangladesh
India

Print	শ	ষ	স	হ	ক্ষ	জ্ঞ	ড়	ঢ়	য়^[3]	ৎ
Bangladesh
India										(?)^[4]

Codas (Script modifiers)

Print
Print	্		ং		ঃ		ঁ		ঽ		।
Bangladesh & India

Numerals

Bengali numerals	১	২	৩	৪	৫	৬	৭	৮	৯	০
Bangladesh & India

Punctuation marks

Print	,	;	:	?	!	–	—
Bangladesh & India

Print	‘ ... ’	[ ... ]	/	*
Bangladesh & India	...	...

References

^ World Braille Usage Archived 2014-09-08 at the Wayback Machine, UNESCO, 2013
^ The braille letter for ঌ is not attested from Bangladesh. (It is an obsolete vowel in modern Bengali language.)
^ In other Bharati braille alphabets, this is transcribed as short vowel e.
^ The braille letter for ৎ is not attested from India.

[unesco3-1] World Braille Usage Archived 2014-09-08 at the Wayback Machine, UNESCO, 2013

[2] The braille letter for ঌ is not attested from Bangladesh. (It is an obsolete vowel in modern Bengali language.)

[b-3] In other Bharati braille alphabets, this is transcribed as short vowel e.

[4] The braille letter for ৎ is not attested from India.

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