Bengali Braille is used for the Bengali language. According to UNESCO (2013),World Braille Usage , UNESCO, 2013 there are slight different braille conventions for Bengali language in India, where the generic Bharati Braille is followed, and in Bangladesh. This article compares Bengali Braille in the two countries. The braille characters by used in Bangladesh follows the English braille more closely, as per unification of braille alphabets. For example, the braille character for 'v' and 'ভ' is the same.
Bengali Braille chart
Vowel Alphabets
Print অ আ ই ঈ উ ঊ এ ঐ ও ঔ ঋ ঌ Bangladesh -The braille letter for is not attested from Bangladesh. (It is an obsolete vowel in modern Bengali language.) India
Consonant Alphabets
Print ক খ গ ঘ ঙ চ ছ জ ঝ ঞ Bangladesh India
Print ট ঠ ড ঢ ণ ত থ দ ধ ন Bangladesh&India
Print প ফ ব ভ ম য র ল Bangladesh India
Print শ ষ স হ ক্ষ জ্ঞ ড় ঢ় য়In other Bharati braille alphabets, this is transcribed as short vowel e. Bangladesh India (?)The braille letter for is not attested from India.
Codas (Script modifiers)
Print Bangladesh&India
Numerals
Bengali numerals ১ ২ ৩ ৪ ৫ ৬ ৭ ৮ ৯ ০ Bangladesh&India
Punctuation marks
Print , ; : ? ! – — Bangladesh&India
Print ‘ ... ’ [ ... ] / * Bangladesh&India ... ...
See also Bharati braille
References