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Translingual

Etymology

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Invented by Louis Braille, braille cells were arranged in numerical order and assigned to the letters of the French alphabet. Most braille alphabets follow this assignment for the 26 letters of the basic Latin alphabet or, in non-Latin scripts, for the transliterations of those letters. In such alphabets, the first ten braille letters (the first decade: ⠁⠃⠉⠙⠑⠋⠛⠓⠊⠚) are assigned to the Latin letters A to J and to the digits 1 to 9 and 0. (Apart from '2', the even digits all have three dots: ⠃⠙⠋⠓⠚.)

The letters of the first decade are those cells with at least one dot in the top row and at least one in the left column, but none in the bottom row. The next decade repeat the pattern with the addition of a dot at the lower left, the third decade with two dots in the bottom row, and the fourth with a dot on the bottom right. The fifth decade is like the first, but shifted downward one row. The first decade is supplemented by the two characters with dots in the right column and none in the bottom row, and that supplement is propagated to the other decades using the generation rules above. Finally, there are four characters with no dots in the top two rows. Many languages that use braille letters beyond the 26 of the basic Latin alphabet follow an approximation of the English or French values for additional letters.

Symbol

⠐

1. (Czech Braille) The marker for lower case.
2. (International Greek Braille) the circumflex accent (perispomeni)
3. (IPA Braille) In-line or over-stroke diacritic; ligature.

   ⠐⠻ overstroke tilde (◌̴), ⠐⠗ rhotic diacritic (◌˞), ⠐⠄ ejective apostrophe

4. (music) 4th octave.

Diacritical mark

⠐

1. (IPA Braille) the tie bar ⟨◌͡◌⟩ of the International Phonetic Alphabet
2. (Ethiopic Braille) the yizet tone mark, ⟨᎐⟩
3. (Bharati Braille) the nuqta point, ◌़, used to extend the alphabet for Arabic and English sounds, such as ⠐⠛ for ग़ (ġa).

   With Urdu Braille, this is only used in India.

   With Hindi Braille et al., usage includes ⠐⠅ for क़ (qa), where Urdu uses the braille letter ⠟ (kṣa).

Punctuation mark

⠐

1. (Arabic Braille) comma

Letter

⠐

1. (Greek Braille) (accent)
2. (Thai Braille) anusvara ◌̊
3. (Cantonese Braille) Tone 8

See also

Braille script navigation

• Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠐⟩:    ⡐   ⢐   ⣐

English

Prefix

⠐

1. A logogram prefix:

   ⠐⠓ here, ⠐⠮ there, ⠐⠱ where, ⠐⠑ ever, ⠐⠳ ought, ⠐⠋ father, ⠐⠍ mother, ⠐⠝ name, ⠐⠡ character, ⠐⠟ question, ⠐⠅ know, ⠐⠇ lord, ⠐⠕ one, ⠐⠙ day, ⠐⠎ some, ⠐⠏ part, ⠐⠞ time, ⠐⠗ right, ⠐⠹ through, ⠐⠥ under, ⠐⠺ work, ⠐⠽ young

French

Prefix

⠐

1. A symbol prefix:

   ⠐⠏ §, ⠐⠿ &, ⠐⠉ ©, ⠐⠗ ®, ⠐⠞ ™

   ⠐⠬ %, ⠐⠬⠬ ‰, ⠐⠬⠬⠬ ‱, ⠐⠣ <, ⠐⠜ >

   ⠐⠕ °, ⠐⠢ ~, ⠐⠌ \, ⠐⠔ *, ⠐⠼ #, ⠐⠤ _

See also

⠘ (prefix for currency symbols, Greek letters etc.)

Contraction

⠐ (eu)

1. The letter sequence eu.

Usage notes

The sequence eu may appear anywhere in its word.

Korean

Letter

⠐ • (r-)

1. Syllable-intial ㄹ (l).

Coordinate terms

Syllable-final ⠂.

Punctuation mark

⠐ • (,)

1. the comma, ⟨,⟩

Luxembourgish

Punctuation mark

⠐ (!)

1. The exclamation mark.

Mandarin

Punctuation mark

⠐

1. (Mainland Braille) comma

Letter

⠐

1. (Taiwan Braille) Tone 4

Braille script navigation

• Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠐⟩:    ⡐   ⢐   ⣐