Yugoslav Braille

See also: Cyrillic Braille

Yugoslav Braille
Script type	Alphabet
Print basis	Gaj's Latin alphabet Macedonian alphabet Slovene alphabet
Languages	Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian
Related scripts
Parent systems	Braille Yugoslav Braille

Yugoslav Braille is a family of closely related braille alphabets used for South Slavic languages of former Yugoslavia, namely Serbo-Croatian, Slovene and Macedonian. It is based on the unified international braille conventions, with the letters corresponding to their Latin transliterations.

Alphabet

Braille	⠁	⠃	⠉	⠩	⠡	⠙	⠹	⠻	⠳	⠑	⠋	⠛	⠜
Serbian	а	б	ц	ћ	ч	д	ђ	џ	-	е	ф	г	-
Croatian	a	b	c	ć	č	d	đ	dž	-	e	f	g	-
Macedonian	а	б	ц	-	ч	д	-	џ	ѕ	е	ф	г	ѓ
Slovene	a	b	c	-	č	d	-	-	-	e	f	g	-
Braille	⠓	⠊	⠚	⠅	⠌	⠇	⠣	⠍	⠝	⠫	⠕	⠏
Serbian	х	и	ј	к	-	л	љ	м	н	њ	о	п
Croatian	h	i	j	k	-	l	lj	m	n	nj	o	p
Macedonian	х	и	ј	к	ќ	л	љ	м	н	њ	о	п
Slovene	h	i	j	k	-	l	-	m	n	-	o	p
Braille	⠟	⠗	⠎	⠱	⠞	⠥	⠧	⠺	⠭	⠽	⠵	⠮
Serbian	-	р	с	ш	т	у	в	-	-	-	з	ж
Croatian	q	r	s	š	t	u	v	w	x	y	z	ž
Macedonian	-	р	с	ш	т	у	в	-	-	-	з	ж
Slovene	q	r	s	š	t	u	v	w	x	y	z	ž

Accents
(print accents illustrated on the letter e)

Print	è	ȅ	é	ȇ
Braille	⠈	⠐	⠘	⠰

Punctuation

Serbian and Croatian Braille differ in quotation marks, brackets, and in the period/full stop vs. apostrophe. There is less punctuation reported for Slovene and Macedonian Braille, but what there is matches Serbian conventions.

Blank cells in the tables are unattested.

Single punctuation:

Print	,	.	?	!	'	;	:	*	-	_	/	&	§ and ¶
Croatian	⠂	⠄	⠢	⠖	⠲	⠆	⠒	⠔	⠤		⠳	⠯	⠬
Serbian		⠲			⠄					⠠⠤	⠌

Paired punctuation:

Print	“…”	‘…’	(…)	[…]	{…}	/…/
Croatian	⠶⠀⠶	⠄⠀⠄	⠦⠀⠴	⠷⠀⠾		⠳⠀⠳
Serbian	⠦⠀⠴	⠦⠄⠀⠠⠴	⠶⠀⠶	⠶⠄⠀⠠⠶	⠶⠆⠀⠰⠶

Formatting

⠼	⠠	⠨	⠘	⠠	⠸	⠌
(num.)	(end num.)	(Caps)	(CAPS)	(l.c.)	(emph.)	(super- script)

The superscript is reported for Croatian Braille; in Serbian Braille, ⠌ is used for the virgule /. In Slovene Braille, the emphasis (bold/italic) marker ⠸ is reported to be an abbreviation sign.