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Estonian Braille is the
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 ...
alphabet of the
Estonian language Estonian ( ) is a Finnic language and the official language of Estonia. It is written in the Latin script and is the first language of the majority of the country's population; it is also an official language of the European Union. Estonian is sp ...
.UNESCO (2013
World Braille Usage
, 3rd edition. (thanks, VanIsaac)


Alphabet

Estonian Braille uses the international (read French) 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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