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braille
Braille ( , ) is a Tactile alphabet, tactile writing system used by blindness, blind or visually impaired people. It can be read either on embossed paper or by using refreshable braille displays that connect to computers and smartphone device ...
alphabets are used in Nigeria. For English,
Unified English Braille
Unified English Braille Code (UEBC, formerly UBC, now usually simply UEB) is an English language Braille code standard, developed to encompass the wide variety of literary and technical material in use in the English-speaking world today, in unifor ...
has been adopted. Three other languages have been written in braille:
Hausa
Hausa may refer to:
* Hausa people, an ethnic group of West Africa
* Hausa language, spoken in West Africa
* Hausa Kingdoms, a historical collection of Hausa city-states
* Hausa (horse) or Dongola horse, an African breed of riding horse
See also
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,
Igbo, and
Yoruba. All three alphabets are based on English readings, with the addition of letter's particular to these languages. Punctuation is as in English Braille.
:
The letters of these languages beyond the
basic Latin alphabet are as follows:
Hausa Braille
Hausa includes
from English ''q, sh, st, ed'' (international second ''d''), and three derived letters:
Hausa is presumably written in braille in Niger as well, since ''Ethnologue'' 17 reports that
Zarma is written in braille in that country. However, this need not mean it uses the same alphabet as Nigerian Hausa.
Igbo Braille
Igbo Braille has
from English ''q, ch, gh, sh,'' and six other letters with common
international/African values:
(See
Ewe Braille and
Kabiye Braille for similar code assignments.)
Yoruba Braille
Yoruba Braille also has
(from English ''q, sh''), and three derived letters:
The vowel assignments follow
international conventions.
References
*''Braille Notation Booklet on the Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba Orthographies: A Research Work on Standard Braille Codes for the Blind in Nigeria, March 1981 – April 1982''
*UNESCO (2013
World Braille Usage 3rd edition.
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French-ordered braille alphabets
English language
Yoruba language
Hausa language
Igbo language