Hungarian Braille


The braille alphabet used to write Hungarian is based on the international norm for the 26 basic letters of the Latin script. However, the letters for q and z have been replaced, to increase the symmetry of the accented letters of the Hungarian alphabet, which are largely innovative to Hungarian braille.

Alphabet

The Hungarian alphabet is:
The letters that conform to traditional braille are:

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

n

o

p

r

s

t

u

v

w

x

y

The accented vowel letters are derived from their base letters through stretching or reflection as follows. The traditional letter for q has been reassigned to ö, and an unused pattern has been assigned to ü:

a

e

i

o

ö

u

ü

q

ä

á

é

í

ó

ő

ú

ű

This creates the following symmetrical pattern for the umlauted vowels:

ö

ő

ü

ű

The consonant digraphs are derived from their base letters as follows. The traditional letter for z has been replaced, and is used for a parenthesis. As with the accented vowels, the majority of digraphs are created through reflection:

c

g

l

n

t

s

z

cs

gy

ly

ny

ty

sz

zs

ccs

ggy

lly

nny

tty

ssz

zzs

This creates the following pattern among the sibilants:

s

sz

z

zs

Punctuation

Unlike English or French Braille, Hungarian Braille has separate opening and closing symbols for both parentheses and quotation marks.

,

.

;

:

-

'

?

!

„ ”


/

Mathematics and computer notation

Roman Numerals

the roman numerals use the capital letters of i, v, x, l, c, m

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XX

XXI

XXX

XXXI

XL

XLI

L

LI

LX

LXI

C

CI

M

MI

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