Punjabi Braille


Punjabi Braille is the braille alphabet used in India for Punjabi. It is one of the Bharati braille alphabets, and largely conforms to the letter values of the other Bharati alphabets.

Alphabet

The alphabet is as follows: Vowel letters are used rather than diacritics, and they occur after consonants in their spoken order. For orthographic conventions, see Bharati Braille.
Gurmukhiਅਆਇਈਉਊਏਐਓਔ
ISOaāiīuūēeōo
Braille
Braille

Gurmukhiਕਖਗਘਙ
ISOkkhgghṅ
Braille
Braille

Gurmukhiਚਛਜਝਞ
ISOcchjjhñ
Braille
Braille

Gurmukhiਟਠਡਢਣ
ISOṭṭhḍḍhṇ
Braille
Braille

Gurmukhiਤਥਦਧਨ
ISOtthddhn
Braille
Braille

Gurmukhiਪਫਬਭਮ
ISOpphbbhm
Braille
Braille

Gurmukhiਯਰਲਵ
ISOyrlv
Braille
Braille

Gurmukhiਸਹੜ
ISOshṛ
Braille
Braille

Pointing

The Bharati point,, is only used to derive one consonant, ਗ਼ ġa, from the base consonant letter ਗ ga. This system also operates in Hindi Braille and Indian Urdu Braille, but the Punjabi Braille alphabet is closer to Indian Urdu, as all other consonants that are pointed in print, such as ਖ਼ xa, are rendered with dedicated letters in braille based on international values. The six pointed letters in the Gurmukhi script have the following equivalents in braille:
Gurmukhiਖ਼ਗ਼ਜ਼ਫ਼ਲ਼ਸ਼
ISOxġzfḷś
Braille
Braille

Codas

Points are used for syllable codas.

Punctuation

See Bharati Braille#Punctuation.