The braille alphabet used to write Hungarian is based on the international norm for the 27 basic letters of the Latin script. However, the letters for q and z have been replaced, to increase the symmetry of the accented letters of the Hungarian alphabet, which are largely innovative to Hungarian braille.Magyar Vakok és Gyengénlátók Országos Szövetsége. See chart here. ()
Alphabet The Hungarian alphabet is: A Á B C Cs D Dz Dzs E É F G Gy H I Í J K L Ly M N Ny O Ó Ö Ő P (Q) R S Sz T Ty U Ú Ü Ű V (W) (X) (Y) Z Zs
The letters that conform to traditional braille are:
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p r s t u v w x y
The accented vowel letters are derived from their base letters through stretching or reflection as follows. The traditional letter for q (which is not part of the basic Hungarian alphabet) has been reassigned to ö, and an unused pattern has been assigned to ü: a e i o ö u ü q ä á é í ó ő ú ű
This creates the following symmetrical pattern for the umlauted vowels:
ö ő ü ű
(Ä is not part of the basic Hungarian alphabet.)
The consonant digraphs are derived from their base letters as follows. The traditional letter for z has been replaced, and is used for a parenthesis. As with the accented vowels, the majority of digraphs are created through reflection:
c g l n t s z cs gy ly ny ty sz zs ccs ggy lly nny tty ssz zzs
This creates the following pattern among the sibilants:
s sz z zs
Dz and Dzs are treated as D-Z and D-Zs respectively.
Punctuation Unlike English or French Braille, Hungarian Braille has separate opening and closing symbols for both parentheses and quotation marks.
, . ; : - ' ? !... „ ... ”... ( ... ) /
Mathematics and computer notation number sign (#) Dollar sign ($) percent sign (%) ampersant (&) plus sign (+) asterisk / multiplication sign (*) division sign (/) equality sign (=) at sign (@) backslash (\) caret (^) underscore (_) ` tilde / similarity sign (~) paragraph sign (§) euro (€) bullet sign (•) degree (°)
Roman Numerals the Roman numerals use the capital letters of i, v, x, l, c, m
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XX XXI XXX XXXI XL XLI L LI LX LXI C CI M MI
Formatting (num.) (caps)
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