Malayalam Braille

Malayalam Braille
Malayalam Braille;
Script type	Alphabet
Print basis	Malayalam alphabet
Languages	Malayalam language
Related scripts
Parent systems	Braille English Braille Bharati Braille Malayalam Braille; ; ;
	Indic

Malayalam Braille is one of the Bharati braille alphabets, and it largely conforms to the letter values of the other Bharati alphabets.^[1]

Alphabet

The alphabet is as follows.^[1] Vowel letters are used rather than diacritics, and they occur after consonants in their spoken order. For orthographic conventions, see Bharati Braille.

ISO	a	ā	i	ī	u	ū	e	ē	ai	o	ō	au
Print	അ	ആ	ഇ	ഈ	ഉ	ഊ	എ	ഏ	ഐ	ഒ	ഓ	ഔ
Braille

ISO	r̥		r̥̄		l̥		l̥̄
Print	ഋ		ൠ		ഌ		ൡ
Braille

ISO	k	kh	g	gh	ṅ
Print	ക	ഖ	ഗ	ഘ	ങ
Braille

ISO	c	ch	j	jh	ñ
Print	ച	ഛ	ജ	ഝ	ഞ
Braille

ISO	ṭ	ṭh	ḍ	ḍh	ṇ
Print	ട	ഠ	ഡ	ഢ	ണ
Braille

ISO	t	th	d	dh	n
Print	ത	ഥ	ദ	ധ	ന
Braille

ISO	p	ph/f	b	bh	m
Print	പ	ഫ	ബ	ഭ	മ
Braille

ISO	y	r	l	ḷ	v
Print	യ	ര	ല	ള	വ
Braille

ISO	ś	ṣ	s	h
Print	ശ	ഷ	സ	ഹ
Braille

There is a single pre-formed conjunct and several consonants shared with Tamil Braille,

ISO	kṣ	ṟ	ḻ	ṉ
Print	ക്ഷ	റ	ഴ	ഩ
Braille

and several syllable codas,

ISO	Halant		Anusvara		Visarga
Print	ക്		കം		കഃ
Braille

Punctuation

See Bharati Braille#Punctuation.

References

^ ^a ^b World Braille Usage, UNESCO, 2013

[unesco3-1] World Braille Usage, UNESCO, 2013

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