Odia Braille

Odia Braille is one of the Bharati braille alphabets. Apart from using Hindi æ for Odia ẏ, it conforms to the letter values of the other Bharati alphabets.[1]

Odia Braille
Type	Alphabet
Languages	Odia language
Parent systems	Braille English Braille Bharati Braille Odia Braille
Print basis	Odia alphabet

Alphabet

The alphabet is as follows.[1] Vowel letters are used rather than diacritics, and they occur after consonants in their spoken order. For orthographic conventions, see Bharati Braille.

Print	ଅ	ଆ	ଇ	ଈ	ଉ	ଊ	ଏ	ଐ	ଓ	ଔ
ISO	a	ā	i	ī	u	ū	e	ai	o	au
Braille

Print	ଋ		ୠ		ଌ		ୡ
ISO	r̥		r̥̄		l̥		l̥̄
Braille

Print	କ	ଖ	ଗ	ଘ	ଙ
ISO	k	kh	g	gh	ṅ
Braille

Print	ଚ	ଛ	ଜ	ଝ	ଞ
ISO	c	ch	j	jh	ñ
Braille

Print	ଟ	ଠ	ଡ	ଢ	ଡ଼	ଢ଼		ଣ
ISO	ṭ	ṭh	ḍ	ḍh	ṛ	ṛh		ṇ
Braille

Print	ତ	ଥ	ଦ	ଧ	ନ
ISO	t	th	d	dh	n
Braille

Print	ପ	ଫ	ବ	ଭ	ମ
ISO	p	ph	b	bh	m
Braille

Print	ଯ	ୟ	ର	ଳ	ଲ	ୱ/ଵ[2]
ISO	y	ẏ	r	l	ḷ	v
Braille

Print	ଶ	ଷ	ସ	ହ
ISO	ś	ṣ	s	h
Braille

There are two pre-formed conjuncts,

Print	କ୍ଷ	ଜ୍ଞ
ISO	kṣ	jñ
Braille

and the full range of syllable codas,

Print	କ୍		କଂ		କଃ		କଁ		କଽ
ISO	Halant		Anusvara		Visarga		Candrabindu		Avagraha
Braille

Punctuation

See Bharati Braille#Punctuation.

References

1. World Braille Usage, UNESCO, 2013
2. These have the same sound value in Odia, and Unesco (2013) does not distinguish them.