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{{short description|Braille system for Bengali}}
{{Infobox writing system
| name = Bengali Braille
| altname = {{lang|bn|বাংলা ব্রেইল}} ''Bangla Braille''
| type = [[Alphabet]]
| typedesc =
| time =
| languages = [[Bengali language|Bengali]],
| fam1 = [[Night writing]]
| fam2 = [[Braille]]
| fam3 = [[English Braille]]
| fam4 = [[Bharati Braille]]
| print = [[Bengali alphabet]]
| creator =
| sample =
| imagesize =
| note = none
}}
{{Contains special characters|Bengali}}

'''Bengali Braille''' is used for the [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and [[Assamese language|Assamese]]. According to [[UNESCO]] (2013),<ref name="unesco3">[http://www.pharmabraille.com/LiteratureRetrieve.aspx?ID=122064 World Braille Usage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908010540/http://www.pharmabraille.com/LiteratureRetrieve.aspx?ID=122064 |date=2014-09-08 }}, UNESCO, 2013</ref> there are slight different [[braille]] conventions for [[Bengali language]] in [[Bangladesh]] and [[India]], this article compares Bengali Braille in the two countries.

==Bengali Braille chart==

===Vowel Alphabets===

{| class="wikitable Unicode" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! [[Bengali alphabet|Print]]
| অ || আ || ই || ঈ || উ || ঊ || এ || ঐ || ও || ঔ || ঋ || ঌ
|-
! Bangladesh
| rowspan=2|{{Braille cell|type=image|1}} ||rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|453}} ||rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|42}} ||rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|53}} ||rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|136}} ||rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|1256}} ||rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|15}} ||rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|43}} ||rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|153}} ||rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|426}} ||rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|5|1253}} || -<ref>The braille letter for {{lang|bn|ঌ}} is not attested from Bangladesh. (It is an obsolete vowel in modern [[Bengali language]].)</ref>
|-
!India
| {{Braille cell|type=image|5|123}}
|}

===Consonant Alphabets===

{| class="wikitable Unicode" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Print
| ক || খ || গ || ঘ || ঙ || চ || ছ || জ || ঝ || ঞ
|-
! Bangladesh
| rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|13}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|1346}} || rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|1425}} || rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|126}} || rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|436}} || rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|14}} || rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|16}} || rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|425}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|1356}} || rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|25}}
|-
! India
| {{Braille cell|type=image|46}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|536}}
|}

{| class="wikitable Unicode" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Print
| ট || ঠ || ড || ঢ || ণ || ত || থ || দ || ধ || ন
|-
! Bangladesh & India
| {{Braille cell|type=image|42536}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|4256}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|1426}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|142536}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|4536}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|4253}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|1456}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|145}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|4236}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|1453}}
|}

{| class="wikitable Unicode" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Print
| প || ফ || ব || ভ || ম || য || র / ৰ<ref>"র" for [[Bengali language|Bengali]] in Bangladesh and India and "ৰ" for [[Assamese language|Assamese]] in India only.</ref> || ল || ৱ<ref>This alphabet "ৱ" is used in [[Assamese language|Assamese]] in India. (Similar to the "ভ" of Bangladesh standard.)</ref>
|-
! Bangladesh
| rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|1423}} || rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|253}} || rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|12}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|1236}} || rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|143}} || rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|14536}} || rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|1253}} || rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|123}} || -
|-
! India
| {{Braille cell|type=image|45}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|1236}}
|}

{| class="wikitable Unicode" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Print
| শ || ষ || স || হ || ক্ষ || জ্ঞ || ড় ||colspan=2| ঢ় || য়<ref name=b>In other [[Bharati braille]] alphabets, this is transcribed as short vowel ''e''.</ref> || {{lang|bn|ৎ}}
|-
! Bangladesh
| rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|146}} || rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|14236}} || rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|423}} || rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|125}} || rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|14253}} || rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|156}} || rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|12456}} ||colspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|12356}} || rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|26}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|5|2345}}
|-
! India
| colspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|5|14256}} || (?)<ref>The braille letter for {{lang|bn|ৎ}} is not attested from India.</ref>
|}

===Codas (Script modifiers)===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!rowspan=2| Print
|-
|colspan=2| {{lang|bn| ্}} ||colspan=2| {{lang|bn| ং}} ||colspan=2| {{lang|bn| ঃ}} ||colspan=2| {{lang|bn| ঁ}} ||colspan=2| {{lang|bn|ঽ}} || {{lang|bn|।}}
|-
! Bangladesh & India
|colspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|4}} ||colspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|56}} ||colspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|6}} ||colspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|3}} ||colspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|2}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|256}}
|}

===Numerals===

{| class="wikitable Unicode" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! [[Bengali numerals]]
| ১ || ২ || ৩ || ৪ || ৫ || ৬ || ৭ || ৮ || ৯ || ০
|-
! Bangladesh & India
|{{Braille cell|type=image|3456|1}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|3456|12}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|3456|14}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|3456|145}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|3456|15}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|3456|124}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|3456|1245}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|3456|125}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|3456|24}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|3456|245}}
|}

===Punctuation marks===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Print
! , || ; || : || ? || ! || - || —
|-
! Bangladesh & India
| {{Braille cell|type=image|2}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|23}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|25}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|236}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|235}} || {{Braille cell|type=image|36}} ||rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|36|36}}
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Print
|| ‘ ... ’ || [ ... ] || / || *
|-
! Bangladesh & India
|rowspan=4| {{Braille cell|type=image|6|236||356|3}} ||rowspan=5| {{Braille cell|type=image|6|gg||gg|3}} ||rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|456|34}} ||rowspan=2| {{Braille cell|type=image|35|35}}
|}

==See also==
*[[Bharati braille]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Bengali language topics}}
{{Braille}}

[[Category:Bharati braille alphabets]]
[[Category:Bengali language]]

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