Cambodian Braille
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Cambodian alphabet |
Cambodian or Khmer Braille is the braille alphabet of the Khmer language of Cambodia.
In printed Khmer, the alphabet is divided into consonant letters, consonant diacritics (conjuncts), and vowel diacritics. (That is, the Khmer alphabet is an abugida.) In braille Khmer, however, all of these are full letters. Out of deference to tradition, however, the braille alphabet is divided into sections according to the form in print.
The first three rows are the stand-alone consonants in print, and the last two the stand-alone vowels. These occur initially and after a/another vowel.
As in print, the consonant letters fall into two classes which trigger different readings of associated vowels. When no vowel is written, an â or ô (depending on the consonant class) is understood. In print these two classes are simply different consonants. In braille, however, they're written the same, except that the ô class is marked by prefixing point-6. Thus ខ khâ is ⠅, while ឃ khô (an unrelated letter in print) is ⠠⠅. The exceptions are four ô-class consonants which do not have â-class partners, ⠻⠍⠗⠺ ngô, mô, rô, vô.
Most of the stand-alone vowels are derived from the combining vowels (next section) by a prefix or suffix.
Shaded cells either have not been assigned braille codes, or are derived with combinations of diacritics not included in Unesco (2013).
Conjuncts (combinations of full and subscript consonants) in print are indicated with a linking ⠧ in braille. Thus the print ខ្ម khm of "Khmer" is ⠅⠧⠍ in braille.
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