Polish Braille
Polish Braille (alfabet Braille'a) is a braille alphabet for writing the Polish language. It is based on unified international braille conventions, with the following extensions:[1]
| ⠁ a |
⠉ c |
⠑ e |
⠇ l |
⠝ n |
⠎ s |
⠥ u |
⠽ y |
⠵ z |
| ⠡ ą |
⠩ ć |
⠱ ę |
⠣ ł |
⠹ ń |
⠪ ś |
⠬ ó |
⠯ ż |
⠮ ź |
For letters of the first and second decade, a diacritic is written with dot 6, and any dot 3 is removed (or, equivalently, is moved to position 6). For letters of the third decade, which already have a dot 6, the derivation is a mirror image. Ó is derived from u because that is how it is pronounced. The derivation of ż from y may simply be due to y and z being adjacent in the alphabet.
External links
- [2] (a detailed account of typesetting Polish Braille)