Polish Braille

Polish Braille
Script type	alphabet
Languages	Polish
Related scripts
Parent systems	Braille Polish Braille

Polish Braille (alfabet Braille'a) is a braille alphabet for writing the Polish language. It is based on international braille conventions, with the following extensions:

Base letter	a	c	e	l	n	s	u	y	z
Derived letter	ą	ć	ę	ł	ń	ś	ó	ż	ź

For letters of the first and second decade, 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, which already have a dot 6, the derivation is a mirror image. Ó is derived from u because that is how it is pronounced, and because the expected derivation from o is already taken. Several of these conventions are used in Lithuanian Braille.

The full alphabet is thus:

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 in z are written as two letters in braille as well: ⠉⠵ cz, ⠗⠵ rz, ⠎⠵ sz.

External links

• [2] (a detailed account of typesetting Polish Braille)