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Estonian Braille is the
braille Braille (Pronounced: ) is a tactile writing system used by people who are visually impaired, including people who are blind, deafblind or who have low vision. It can be read either on embossed paper or by using refreshable braille displ ...
alphabet of the
Estonian language Estonian ( ) is a Finnic language, written in the Latin script. It is the official language of Estonia and one of the official languages of the European Union, spoken natively by about 1.1 million people; 922,000 people in Estonia and 160, ...
.UNESCO (2013
World Braille Usage
, 3rd edition. (thanks, VanIsaac)


Alphabet

Estonian Braille uses the international (read
French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
) norms for the letters ''ä ö ü''. ''Š'' and ''ž'' are mirror-images of ''s'' and ''z'', a strategy found in other alphabets. ''Õ'' is the mirror-image of ''ä'', as the mirror-image of ''o'' is used for ''ö''. : When ''c q w x y'' are used in foreign names, they have their normal values of .


Punctuation

Punctuation is nearly identical to that of Finnish Braille.


Formatting


References

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