The braille alphabet used to write Hungarian is based on the international norm for the 26 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.[1][2]
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The Hungarian alphabet is:
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 |
Unlike English or French Braille, Hungarian Braille has separate opening and closing symbols for both parentheses and quotation marks.
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. |
; |
: |
- |
' |
? |
! |
„ ” |
( ) |
/ |
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 (°) |
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 |
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