Northern Sami Braille

Northern Sami Braille;
Type	alphabet
Languages	Northern Sami
Parent systems	Braille French Braille Scandinavian Braille Northern Sami Braille; ; ;
Print basis	Northern Sami alphabet

Northern Sami Braille is the braille alphabet of the Northern Sami language.[1] It was developed in the 1980s based on the Scandinavian Braille alphabet but with the addition of seven new letters (á, č, đ, ŋ, š, ŧ, ž) required for writing in Northern Sámi.[2]

Chart

Northern Sami Braille uses ⠷ (French à) for á, dot 6 is added to c and d for ⠩ č and ⠹ đ, while the other accented letters are the mirror-images in braille of the base form in print.

a	á	b	c	č	d	đ	e	f	g
h	i	j	k	l	m	n	ŋ	o	p
r	s	š	t	ŧ	u	v	z	ž

Punctuation is the same as in Norwegian Braille.

References

UNESCO (2013) World Braille Usage, 3rd edition. (thanks, VanIsaac)
Derksen, Anna (September 2019). "Disabled Sámi in Norway. A double minority between special education and indigenous rights". Rethinking Disability. Retrieved 16 July 2020.

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[1] UNESCO (2013) World Braille Usage, 3rd edition. (thanks, VanIsaac)

[2] Derksen, Anna (September 2019). "Disabled Sámi in Norway. A double minority between special education and indigenous rights". Rethinking Disability. Retrieved 16 July 2020.