| Samoan Braille | |
|---|---|
| Script type |      alphabet
           | 
| Print basis | Samoan alphabet | 
| Languages | Samoan | 
| Related scripts | |
| Parent systems | Braille 
 | 
Samoan Braille is the braille alphabet of the Samoan language.[1] It is a subset of the basic braille alphabet,
                 - a - e - f - g - i - l - m - n - o - p - s - t - u - v - h - k - r 
supplemented by an additional letter ⠰ to mark long vowels:
Unlike print Samoan, which has a special letter ʻokina for the glottal stop, Samoan Braille uses the apostrophe ⠈, which behaves as punctuation rather than as a consonant. (See Hawaiian Braille, which has a similar setup.)
Samoan Braille has an unusual punctuation mark, a reduplication sign ⠙. This is used to indicate that a word is reduplicated, as in ⠎⠑⠛⠊⠙ segisegi "twilight".
References
- ↑ UNESCO (2013) World Braille Usage, 3rd edition.
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