Hungarian Braille


The braille alphabet used to write Hungarian is based on the international norm for the 26 basic letters of the Latin script. However, the letters for q and z have been replaced, to increase the symmetry of the accented letters of the Hungarian alphabet, which are largely innovative to Hungarian braille.

Alphabet

The Hungarian alphabet is:
The letters that conform to traditional braille are:

a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h

i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p

r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y

The accented vowel letters are derived from their base letters through stretching or reflection as follows. The traditional letter for q has been reassigned to ö, and an unused pattern has been assigned to ü:

a
e
i
o
ö
u
ü
q

ä
á
é
í
ó
ő
ú
ű

This creates the following symmetrical pattern for the umlauted vowels:

ö
ő

ü
ű

The consonant digraphs are derived from their base letters as follows. The traditional letter for z has been replaced, and is used for a parenthesis. As with the accented vowels, the majority of digraphs are created through reflection:

c
g
l
n
t
s
z

cs
gy
ly
ny
ty
sz
zs

ccs
ggy
lly
nny
tty
ssz
zzs

This creates the following pattern among the sibilants:

s
sz

z
zs

Punctuation

Unlike English or French Braille, Hungarian Braille has separate opening and closing symbols for both parentheses and quotation marks.

,
.
;
:
-
'
?
!
„ ”

/

Mathematics and computer notation

Roman Numerals

the roman numerals use the capital letters of i, v, x, l, c, m

I
II
III
IV
V

VI
VII
VIII
IX
X

XI
XX
XXI
XXX
XXXI

XL
XLI
L
LI
LX

LXI
C
CI
M
MI

Formatting