Type Semisyllabary Print basis Zhuyin | Languages Standard Mandarin | |
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Parent systems Night writingBrailleTaiwanese Braille | ||
Taiwanese Braille is the braille script used in Taiwan for Taiwanese Mandarin (Guoyu). Although based marginally on international braille, the majority of consonants have been reassigned; also, like Chinese Braille, Taiwanese Braille is a semi-syllabary.
Contents
An example is,
Initials
The braille letters for zhuyin/pinyin ㄍ g (/k/), ㄘ c (/tsʰ/), and ㄙ s (/s/) double for the alveolo-palatal consonants ㄐ j (/tɕ/), ㄑ q (/tɕʰ/), and ㄒ x (/ɕ/). The latter are followed by close front vowels, namely ㄧ i (/i/) and ㄩ ü (/y/), so the distinction between g, c, s (or z, k, h) and j, q, x in zhuyin and pinyin is redundant.
Medial + rime
Each medial + rime in zhuyin is written with a single letter in braille.
⠱ is used for both the empty rime -i ([ɨ]), which is not written in zhuyin, and the rime ㄦ er ([ɐɚ]). See for example 斯 sī (⠑⠱⠄) located above the word Daguerre in the image at right.
Tone Marks
Tone is always marked. This includes toneless syllables such as 了 le, rendered ⠉⠮⠁lė in the image above-right.