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Ghanaian braille

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Several braille alphabets are used in Ghana. For English, Unified English Braille has been adopted. Four other languages have been written in braille: Akan (Twi), Ga, Ewe, and Dagaare. All three alphabets are based on the basic braille letter values of basic Latin alphabet:

Basic braille alphabet
⠁ (braille pattern dots-1)
⠃ (braille pattern dots-12)
⠉ (braille pattern dots-14)
⠙ (braille pattern dots-145)
⠑ (braille pattern dots-15)
⠋ (braille pattern dots-124)
⠛ (braille pattern dots-1245)
⠓ (braille pattern dots-125)
⠊ (braille pattern dots-24)
⠚ (braille pattern dots-245)
⠅ (braille pattern dots-13)
⠇ (braille pattern dots-123)
⠍ (braille pattern dots-134)
a b c d e f g h i j k l m
⠝ (braille pattern dots-1345)
⠕ (braille pattern dots-135)
⠏ (braille pattern dots-1234)
⠟ (braille pattern dots-12345)
⠗ (braille pattern dots-1235)
⠎ (braille pattern dots-234)
⠞ (braille pattern dots-2345)
⠥ (braille pattern dots-136)
⠧ (braille pattern dots-1236)
⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456)
⠭ (braille pattern dots-1346)
⠽ (braille pattern dots-13456)
⠵ (braille pattern dots-1356)
n o p q r s t u v w x y z

The braille equivalents of print letters beyond these are described below. English Braille punctuation is used in both Ghana and (according to UNESCO 2013) Togo.

Braille is not in active use in Ghana for any language but English. However, there are some older publications in these braille alphabets.

Akan (Twi) Braille

Twi Braille
Akan Braille
Script type
alphabet
LanguagesTwi
Related scripts
Parent systems

Akan has one extra vowel letters. ɔ could be expected from international/African norms; ɛ is specific to Ghana.

⠪ (braille pattern dots-246)

ɔ
⠻ (braille pattern dots-12456)

ɛ

Ga and Dagaare Braille

Ga Braille
Dagaare Braille
Script type
alphabet
LanguagesGa, Dagaare
Related scripts
Parent systems

Ga and Dagaare add a third extra letter, ŋ.

⠪ (braille pattern dots-246)

ɔ
⠻ (braille pattern dots-12456)

ɛ
⠬ (braille pattern dots-346)

ŋ

Ewe Braille

Ewe Braille
Script type
alphabet
LanguagesEwe
Related scripts
Parent systems

Ewe adds several additional consonants: ɖ, ƒ, ɣ, ʋ.

⠪ (braille pattern dots-246)

ɔ
⠻ (braille pattern dots-12456)

ɛ
⠬ (braille pattern dots-346)

ŋ
⠫ (braille pattern dots-1246)

ɖ
⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456)

ƒ
⠣ (braille pattern dots-126)

ɣ
⠮ (braille pattern dots-2346)

ʋ

The ɖ and ɣ are the international/African norm (see also Nigerian braille); ƒ and ʋ are from the English th sounds, the closest approximation in that language after f and v.

Braille for Togolese languages

Ewe is the primary language of Togo, and is evidently used in Togo with the same braille assignments as in Ghana. UNESCO (2013 [1990]) reports several additional Togolese alphabets it was unable to confirm, but which were designed in conjunction with the Ghanaian languages; they evidently use the Ghanaian Ewe assignments:

  • Bassar and Konkomba are written in basic braille plus Ewe ŋ, ɔ.
  • Kabiye has ɖ ɛ ɣ ɩ ŋ ɔ ʊ. The letters ɩ and ʊ follows international norms, and are equivalent to and in Igbo Braille. (Unesco reports u/ʊ braille values are exchanged from the norm, a likely copy error.[1]) The other letters are as in Ewe.
  • Moba has ɛ ɩ ŋ ɔ, with ɩ as in Kabiye.
  • Tem has ɖ ɛ ɩ ŋ ɔ υ, as in Kabiye.

In addition, UNESCO reports that various Togolese languages have for nasal vowels, for high tone, for mid tone, and for low tone.

All five of these languages are spoken in Ghana as well as Togo, but Unesco does not report on them being reduced to braille there.

References

  1. ^ World Braille Usage Third Edition, Perkins / International Council on English Braille / UNESCO, 2013: contrast p. 100 (Igbo) vs p.144 (Kabiyé) (PDF)
This page was last edited on 1 December 2021, at 05:26
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