Ukrainian Braille

Ukrainian Braille
Script type	alphabet
Print basis	Ukrainian alphabet
Languages	Ukrainian
Related scripts
Parent systems	Braille Russian Braille Ukrainian Braille

Ukrainian Braille is the braille alphabet of the Ukrainian language. It is based on Russian Braille, with a few additional letters found in the print Ukrainian alphabet.

Alphabet

Ukrainian does not use all the letters of the Russian alphabet, and it has the additional letters є, ґ, і, ї.

Print	а a	б b	в v	г h	ґ g(?)	д d	е e	є je	ж ž	з z	и y
Braille
Print	і i	ї ï	й j	к k	л l	м m	н n	о o	п p	р r	с s
Braille
Print	т t	у u	ф f	х kh	ц c	ч č	ш š	щ šč	ь ‘	ю yu	я ya
Braille

The letter ⠽ і was once found in Russian Braille, but has been dropped. ⠜ є is the mirror image of a reported archaic form of Russian э. (See obsolete letters of Russian Braille.)

⠻ g was reported in UNESCO (1990), but could not be confirmed by UNESCO (2013). It is not repeated by Leksika.com.

Punctuation

Punctuation is from UNESCO (1990) and has not been confirmed.

Single punctuation:

Print	,	.	?	!	;	:	-	'
Braille

Paired punctuation:

Print	« ... »	( ... )
Braille	...	...

Formatting

italics	capital	number

Numbers

Numbers are the letters a–j introduced with ⠼, as in other braille alphabets.

See also

• Belarusian Braille

References

• UNESCO (2013) World Braille Usage, 3rd edition.
• Ukrainian Braille decoder