Xhosa Braille

Afrikaans Braille
Type	alphabet
Languages	Afrikaans
Parent systems	Braille South African Afrikaans Braille
Print basis	Afrikaans alphabet

Sotho Braille Tswana Braille
Type	alphabet
Languages	Sotho, Northern Sotho, Tswana
Parent systems	Braille South African Sotho Braille
Print basis	Sotho alphabet Tswana alphabet

Venda Braille
Type	alphabet
Languages	Venda
Parent systems	Braille South African Venda Braille

Several braille alphabets are used in South Africa. For English, Unified English Braille has been adopted. Nine other languages have been written in braille: Afrikaans, Ndebele, Sotho, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, and Zulu. All print alphabets are restricted to the basic Latin alphabet, with diacritics in some cases; the braille alphabets are likewise basic braille with additional letters to render the diacritics.

The Nguni languages – Ndebele, Swazi, Xhosa, and Zulu – have no diacritics and will not be discussed further. The braille diacritics are shared by South African languages and are described in the sections that follow.

Punctuation for all South African braille alphabets is as in English Braille.

Afrikaans has braille cells for acute, ⠈; grave, ⠘⠡; circumflex, ⠘; and diaeresis, ⠰:

Sotho and Tswana treat the caron (haček) as an acute:

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