Maltese Braille is the braille alphabet of the Maltese language. It was in the news in 2005 with the publication of the first braille Bible in Maltese.[1]

Chart

The alphabet is as follows. (See Maltese alphabet.) Ż has the form of international y.[2]

⠀ (braille pattern blank)
 		 ⠁ (braille pattern dots-1)
a		 ⠃ (braille pattern dots-12)
b		 ⠉ (braille pattern dots-14)
ċ		 ⠙ (braille pattern dots-145)
d		 ⠑ (braille pattern dots-15)
e		 ⠋ (braille pattern dots-124)
f		 ⠾ (braille pattern dots-23456)
ġ		 ⠛ (braille pattern dots-1245)
g		 ⠣ (braille pattern dots-126)
għ
⠓ (braille pattern dots-125)
h		 ⠮ (braille pattern dots-2346)
ħ		 ⠊ (braille pattern dots-24)
i		 ⠚ (braille pattern dots-245)
j		 ⠅ (braille pattern dots-13)
k		 ⠇ (braille pattern dots-123)
l		 ⠍ (braille pattern dots-134)
m		 ⠝ (braille pattern dots-1345)
n		 ⠕ (braille pattern dots-135)
o		 ⠏ (braille pattern dots-1234)
p
⠟ (braille pattern dots-12345)
q		 ⠗ (braille pattern dots-1235)
r		 ⠎ (braille pattern dots-234)
s		 ⠞ (braille pattern dots-2345)
t		 ⠥ (braille pattern dots-136)
u		 ⠧ (braille pattern dots-1236)
v		 ⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456)
w		 ⠭ (braille pattern dots-1346)
x		 ⠵ (braille pattern dots-1356)
z		 ⠽ (braille pattern dots-13456)
ż

UNESCO (2013) shows very different, and supposedly confirmed, letter assignments:[3]

⠡ ċ, ⠚ ġ, ⠱ ħ, ⠽ j, ⠩ x, ⠵ ż [sic], ⠷ z.

This appears to be an old proposal that was never implemented, one which followed the sounds of the letters of the print alphabet rather than the letters themselves.

References

  1. ^ Braille Bible in Maltese: 'a dream come true', Times of Malta, 2005 Nov 6
  2. ^ Kummissjoni Nazzjonali Persuni b’Diżabilità (KNPD)
  3. ^ UNESCO (2013) World Braille Usage, 3rd edition.