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Hawaiian Braille

In this article, the topic of Hawaiian Braille will be addressed from a broad and detailed perspective. The impact that Hawaiian Braille has on current society will be analyzed, as well as its historical relevance and influence in various areas. Furthermore, different points of view will be discussed and arguments for and against Hawaiian Braille will be presented, in order to offer a balanced and complete view on this topic. Furthermore, the future implications of Hawaiian Braille and possible strategies to address it effectively will be explored. This article seeks to provide readers with a deep and rich understanding of Hawaiian Braille, allowing them to form their own opinions and participate in an informed debate on this topic.

Hawaiian Braille
Script type
alphabet
Print basis
Hawaiian alphabet
LanguagesHawaiian
Related scripts
Parent systems
Braille

Hawaiian Braille is the braille alphabet of the Hawaiian language. It is a subset of the basic braille alphabet,

⠁ (braille pattern dots-1) ⠑ (braille pattern dots-15) ⠓ (braille pattern dots-125) ⠊ (braille pattern dots-24) ⠅ (braille pattern dots-13) ⠇ (braille pattern dots-123) ⠍ (braille pattern dots-134) ⠝ (braille pattern dots-1345) ⠕ (braille pattern dots-135) ⠏ (braille pattern dots-1234) ⠥ (braille pattern dots-136) ⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456)
a e h i k l m n o p u w

supplemented by an additional letter to mark long vowels:

⠸ (braille pattern dots-456)⠁ (braille pattern dots-1) ⠸ (braille pattern dots-456)⠑ (braille pattern dots-15) ⠸ (braille pattern dots-456)⠊ (braille pattern dots-24) ⠸ (braille pattern dots-456)⠕ (braille pattern dots-135) ⠸ (braille pattern dots-456)⠥ (braille pattern dots-136)
ā ē ī ō ū

(Māori Braille uses the same convention for long vowels.)

Unlike print Hawaiian, which has a special letter ʻokina for the glottal stop, Hawaiian Braille uses the apostrophe , which behaves as punctuation rather than as a consonant:

ʻāina
ʻĀina

That is, the order to write ʻĀ is apostrophe, cap sign, length sign, A.

Punctuation is as in English Braille.

References

  1. ^ UNESCO (2013) World Braille Usage, 3rd edition.