Thai Braille
Encyclopedia
Thai Braille is a Braille
system for the Thai language
. It consists of Braille for the Thai consonants and vowels. Unlike Thai itself, Thai Braille is a full alphabet
rather than an abugida
.
Ex.
วิกิพีเดีย
⠺⠃⠛⠃⠹⠆⠙⠷
Braille
The Braille system is a method that is widely used by blind people to read and write, and was the first digital form of writing.Braille was devised in 1825 by Louis Braille, a blind Frenchman. Each Braille character, or cell, is made up of six dot positions, arranged in a rectangle containing two...
system for the Thai language
Thai language
Thai , also known as Central Thai and Siamese, is the national and official language of Thailand and the native language of the Thai people, Thailand's dominant ethnic group. Thai is a member of the Tai group of the Tai–Kadai language family. Historical linguists have been unable to definitively...
. It consists of Braille for the Thai consonants and vowels. Unlike Thai itself, Thai Braille is a full alphabet
Alphabet
An alphabet is a standard set of letters—basic written symbols or graphemes—each of which represents a phoneme in a spoken language, either as it exists now or as it was in the past. There are other systems, such as logographies, in which each character represents a word, morpheme, or semantic...
rather than an abugida
Abugida
An abugida , also called an alphasyllabary, is a segmental writing system in which consonant–vowel sequences are written as a unit: each unit is based on a consonant letter, and vowel notation is obligatory but secondary...
.
Consonants
| Alphabet | ก | ข | ฃ | ค | ฅ | ฆ | ง |
| Braille | ⠛ | ⠅ | ⠴⠅ | ⠥ | ⠤⠥ | ⠠⠥ | ⠻ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alphabet | จ | ฉ | ช | ซ | ฌ | ญ | ฎ |
| Braille | ⠚ | ⠌ | ⠬ | ⠮ | ⠠⠬ | ⠠⠽ | ⠠⠙ |
| Alphabet | ฏ | ฐ | ฑ | ฒ | ณ | ด | ต |
| Braille | ⠠⠳ | ⠠⠞ | ⠠⠾ | ⠤⠾ | ⠠⠝ | ⠙ | ⠳ |
| Alphabet | ถ | ท | ธ | น | บ | ป | ผ |
| Braille | ⠞ | ⠾ | ⠴⠾ | ⠝ | ⠧ | ⠯ | ⠏ |
| Alphabet | ฟ | พ | ฟ | ภ | ม | ย | ร |
| Braille | ⠭ | ⠹ | ⠫ | ⠠⠹ | ⠍ | ⠽ | ⠗ |
| Alphabet | ล | ว | ศ | ษ | ส | ห | ฬ |
| Braille | ⠇ | ⠺ | ⠠⠎ | ⠤⠎ | ⠎ | ⠓ | ⠠⠇ |
| Alphabet | อ | ฮ | |||||
| Braille | ⠕ | ⠿ |
Vowels
| Alphabet | ะ | า | ิ | ี | ึ | ื | ุ |
| Braille | ⠁ | ⠡ | ⠃ | ⠆ | ⠪ | ⠢ | ⠉ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alphabet | ู | แ-ะ | แ- | โ-ะ | โ- | เ-าะ | |
| Braille | ⠒ | ⠣⠁ | ⠣ | ⠊⠁ | ⠊ | ⠕⠁ | ⠕ |
| Alphabet | เ-อะ | เ-อ | เ-ียะ | เ-ีย | เ-ือะ | เ-ือ | |
| Braille | ⠩⠁ | ⠩ | ⠷⠁ | ⠷ | ⠟⠁ | ⠟ | ⠑⠁ |
| Alphabet | |||||||
| ไ | ใ | เ-ๅ | ฤ | ฤา | |||
| Braille | ⠑ | ⠵ | ⠱ | ⠱⠂ | ⠖ | ⠗⠂ | ⠗⠂⠡ |
| Alphabet | ฦ | ฦา |่ |้ |๊ |๋ |
ั | ||||
| Braille | ⠇⠂ | ⠇⠂⠡ | ⠔ | ⠲ | ⠶ | ⠦ | ⠜ |
| Alphabet |์ |
ๆ |็ |
เ-ะ | เ- | ||||
| Braille | ⠴ | ⠂ | ⠄ | ⠋⠁ | ⠋ |
How to write
- Write consonant first, and write vowel right after consonant
- Numericals are same as other Braille systems
Ex.
วิกิพีเดีย
⠺⠃⠛⠃⠹⠆⠙⠷