title: Belarusian Braille
text: # Belarusian Braille
  
  Belarusian Braille is the braille alphabet of the Belarusian language. It is based on Russian Braille, with a couple additional letters found in the print Belarusian alphabet.
  
  ## Alphabet
  
  Belarusian does not use all the letters of the Russian alphabet, and it has the additional letters і and ў.
  
  | Print | а a | б b | в v | г g | д d | е e | ё jo | ж ž | з z | і i | й j |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Braille | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Print | к k | л l | м m | н n | о o | п p | р r | с s | т t | у u | ў ŭ |
  | Braille | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Print | ф f | х ch | ц c | ч č | ш š | ы y | ь ’ | э è | ю ju | я ja | |
  | Braille | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  The letters і and ў are the mirror images of й and у, and the і was once found in Russian Braille. (See obsolete letters of Russian Braille.)
  
  ## Punctuation
  
  Single punctuation:
  
  | Print | , | . | ? | ! | ; | : | - | ' |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Braille | | | | | | | | |
  
  Paired punctuation:
  
  | Print | « ... » | ( ... ) |
  | - | - | - |
  | Braille | ... | ... |
  
  ## Formatting
  
  | italics | capital | number |
  | - | - | - |
  