Английская Википедия:French Braille
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:No footnotes Шаблон:Infobox writing system French Braille is the original braille alphabet, and the basis of all others. The alphabetic order of French has become the basis of the international braille convention, used by most braille alphabets around the world. However, only the 25 basic letters of the French alphabet plus w have become internationalized; the additional letters are largely restricted to French Braille and the alphabets of some neighboring European countries.
Letters
In numerical order by decade, the letters are:
For the purposes of accommodating a foreign alphabet, the letters ì, ä, ò may be added:
| Шаблон:Braille cell ì |
Шаблон:Braille cell æ, ä |
Шаблон:Braille cell ò |
There are also numerous contractions and abbreviations in French braille.
Punctuation
Punctuation is as follows:
The lower values are readings within numbers (after the Antoine number marker: see below).
Formatting and mode
Formatting and mode-changing marks are:
| Шаблон:Braille cell Capitals |
Шаблон:Braille cell Emphasis |
Шаблон:Braille cell (start) |
Шаблон:Braille cell (end) |
Шаблон:Braille cell Super- script |
Шаблон:Braille cell Symbol |
Шаблон:Braille cell Currency |
Шаблон:Braille cell Traditional number |
Шаблон:Braille cell Antoine number |
As in English Braille, the capital sign is doubled for all caps.
Шаблон:Angle bracket and Шаблон:Angle bracket are used to begin and end emphasis within a word.
The symbol marker combines with a following initial letter to produce the following:
- Шаблон:Bc §, Шаблон:Bc &, Шаблон:Bc ©, Шаблон:Bc ®, Шаблон:Bc ™, Шаблон:Bc % (Шаблон:Bc ‰, Шаблон:Bc ‱)
The currency marker combines with a following initial for:
It is also used in comic strips:
Numbers
The traditional system of digits is to add the number sign Шаблон:Bc in front of the letters of the first decade (a–j), with Шаблон:Bc being Шаблон:Angle bracket and Шаблон:Bc being Шаблон:Angle bracket. This is the internationally recognized number system. However, in French Braille a new system, the Antoine braille digits, is used for mathematics and is recommended for all academic publications. This uses Шаблон:Bc combined with the first nine letters of the fourth decade, from Шаблон:Bc for Шаблон:Angle bracket to Шаблон:Bc for Шаблон:Angle bracket, with the preceding Шаблон:Bc for Шаблон:Angle bracket. The period/decimal and fraction bar also change. The Antoine numbers are being promoted in France and Luxembourg, but are not much used with French Braille in Quebec.
See the punctuation section above for Antoine mathematical notation.
History
Readings have changed slightly since modern braille was first published in 1837. The greatest change has been various secondary readings which were added to the alphabet and then abandoned.
| dec. | Шаблон:Nbsp | numeric sequence | Шаблон:Nbsp | supp. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:Bc |
Шаблон:Bc a 1 |
Шаблон:Bc b 2 |
Шаблон:Bc c 3 |
Шаблон:Bc d 4 |
Шаблон:Bc e 5 |
Шаблон:Bc f 6 |
Шаблон:Bc g 7 |
Шаблон:Bc h 8 |
Шаблон:Bc i 9 |
Шаблон:Bc j 0 |
Шаблон:Bc |
Шаблон:Bc | ||
| Шаблон:Bc ' |
Шаблон:Bc k |
Шаблон:Bc l |
Шаблон:Bc m |
Шаблон:Bc n |
Шаблон:Bc o |
Шаблон:Bc p |
Шаблон:Bc q |
Шаблон:Bc r |
Шаблон:Bc s |
Шаблон:Bc t |
Шаблон:Bc ì ian |
Шаблон:Bc æ ien | ||
| Шаблон:Bc - |
Шаблон:Bc u |
Шаблон:Bc v |
Шаблон:Bc x |
Шаблон:Bc y |
Шаблон:Bc z |
Шаблон:Bc ç oin |
Шаблон:Bc é |
Шаблон:Bc à |
Шаблон:Bc è |
Шаблон:Bc ù ieu |
Шаблон:Bc ò ion |
Шаблон:Bc (Шаблон:Sc) | ||
| Шаблон:Bc |
Шаблон:Bc â an |
Шаблон:Bc ê in |
Шаблон:Bc î on |
Шаблон:Bc ô un |
Шаблон:Bc û eu |
Шаблон:Bc ë ou |
Шаблон:Bc ï oi |
Шаблон:Bc ü ch |
Шаблон:Bc œ gn |
Шаблон:Bc w (i)ll |
Шаблон:Bc (Шаблон:Sc) |
Шаблон:Bc (Шаблон:Sc) | ||
| Шаблон:Bc , |
Шаблон:Bc ; |
Шаблон:Bc : |
Шаблон:Bc . |
Шаблон:Bc ? |
Шаблон:Bc ! |
Шаблон:Bc () |
Шаблон:Bc « |
Шаблон:Bc * |
Шаблон:Bc » × |
Шаблон:Bc |
Шаблон:Bc | |||
Similar alphabetsШаблон:Anchor
In general, only the assignments of the basic 26 letters of the French alphabet are retained in other braille alphabets. For example, among the additional letters, in German Braille only ü and ö coincide with French Braille. However, there are several alphabets which are much more closely related. Italian Braille is identical to the French apart from doubling up French Braille ò to Italian ó and ò, since French has no ó. Indeed, a principal difference of these alphabets is the remapping of French vowels with a grave accent (à è ì ò ù) to an acute accent (á é í ó ú), as the French alphabet does not support acute accents apart from é. Spanish changes all five of these vowels, as well as taking ü. Portuguese Braille is also very similar to the French, though the shift of grave to acute accents necessitated a chain of other changes, such as circumflex to grave, and the Portuguese tildes were taken from French diaereses (Portuguese ã õ for French ä ö/œ). The continental Scandinavian languages took the extended French letters â (for å), ä/æ, and ö/ø. Vietnamese Braille is also quite similar, though it has added tone letters, and uses French Шаблон:Bc z for d, which is pronounced like z.
Related alphabets Braille: Шаблон:Braille cell Шаблон:Braille cell Шаблон:Braille cell Шаблон:Braille cell Шаблон:Braille cell Шаблон:Braille cell Шаблон:Braille cell Шаблон:Braille cell Шаблон:Braille cell Шаблон:Braille cell Шаблон:Braille cell Шаблон:Braille cell Шаблон:Braille cell Шаблон:Braille cell Шаблон:Braille cell Шаблон:Braille cell Шаблон:Braille cell Шаблон:Braille cell French ç é à è ù â ê î ô û ë ï ü œ/ö w ì æ/ä ò Portuguese ç é à è ù â ê í ô ú á ï ü õ ò/w ì ã ó Catalan ç é à è ú – – – – – – ï ü ó w í – ò Spanish/Galician – – á é ú – – – – – – ñ ü – w í – ó Italian – é à è ù – – – – – – – – ó w ì – ò Luxembourgish (old) – é – – – – – – – – ë – – – w – ä – ScandinavianШаблон:Efn – – – – – å – – – – – – – ö/ø w – ä/æ – Vietnamese – – Шаблон:Efn – Шаблон:Efn â ê – ô – – – ư ơ – Шаблон:Efn ă Шаблон:Efn Braille Patterns ⠯ ⠿ ⠷ ⠮ ⠾ ⠡ ⠣ ⠩ ⠹ ⠱ ⠫ ⠻ ⠳ ⠪ ⠺ ⠌ ⠜ ⠬
Catalan Braille adds Шаблон:Bc for print Шаблон:Angle bracket, and Spanish Braille uses Шаблон:Bc (French ï) for the non-French consonant ñ. Luxembourgish Braille has since switch to eight-point braille, adding a dot at point 8 for the three vowels with accents.
Punctuation and formatting are in general similar as well, though changes in French punctuation over time means that some languages use older French conventions. For example, French parentheses and quotation marks originally had the opposite values they do today, values which remain in English Braille. Other changes have accrued over time, and in some cases vary from country to country. For example, Italian Braille uses the old French quotation marks Шаблон:Bc and asterisk Шаблон:Bc, but also shifted the old French parentheses Шаблон:Bc to brackets and innovated Шаблон:Bc for parentheses; in addition, it uses point 3, Шаблон:Bc, for both apostrophe and full stop / period.
Moon type is a simplification of the Latin alphabet for embossing. An adaptation of French-reading blind people has been proposed.
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