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Lithuanian 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 disp ...
alphabet of the
Lithuanian language Lithuanian ( ) is an Eastern Baltic language belonging to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is the official language of Lithuania and one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 2.8 mill ...
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Alphabet

The alphabet is as follows: Most of the print letters with accents are derived in Lithuanian braille by adding a dot 6 to the base letter, and those which already have a dot 6 through inversion (cf. Czech Braille,
Esperanto Braille The Esperanto language has a dedicated braille alphabet. One Esperanto braille magazine, ''Esperanta Ligilo'', has been published since 1904, and another, ''Aŭroro'', since 1920. Alphabet The basic braille alphabet is extended for the print le ...
). ''Ū'' uses the
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for a second ''u''. ''Ž'' is unusual, but perhaps forms a set with ''s, š, z'' (cf. Hungarian Braille). Several of these conventions are used in Polish Braille.


Punctuation

Source: World Braille Usage
UNESCO, 2013


Formatting


References

* ''Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija''. Vilnius, 2001 {{Braille French-ordered braille alphabets Lithuanian language