Icelandic Braille

Icelandic Braille is the braille alphabet of the Icelandic language.

Icelandic Braille
Type
alphabet
LanguagesIcelandic
Parent systems
Braille
Print basis
Icelandic alphabet

Alphabet

The letter assignment is the same as in the Scandinavian Braille with the addition of certain Icelandic letters, there is even more overlap with the Faroese Braille. The base alphabet is the same as in French Braille.


a
á
b
c
d
ð
e
é
f
g

h
i
í
j
k
l
m
n
o
ó

p
q
r
s
t
u
ú
v
w
x

y
ý
z
þ
æ
ö
.
?
@
%

Punctuation

.
,
’
;
:
.
!
?
”
*
/

-
—
„   ...   “
‚    ...    ‘
(    ...    )
[    ...    ]

UNESCO (2013) reports that ⠠ is both the mark of capitalization and the ellipsis. However, as they have wrong info about which letters mean which in the alphabet in regard to the Nordic countries, this information is not to be trusted.

References
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