ENCODING UTF-8 # Phonetic alphabet # # Samuel Thibault # # Note: this is based on the Unesco report on the progress of unification of braille writing « L'ÉCRITURE BRAILLE DANS LE MONDE », by Sir Clutha MACKENZIE, dated _1954_, so this table may be quite outdated. NAME "Phonetic alphabet" "Phonetic alphabet" # consons UCS-BLOCK START 0x61 0x7A FORMAT-UTF8 all alpha p ⠏ b ⠃ t ⠞ d ⠙ k ⠅ m ⠍ n ⠝ l ⠇ f ⠋ h ⠓ g ⠛ # french gare; english get j ⠚ # english Y in you r ⠗ s ⠎ # english see; french son v ⠧ # english, french and italian V; german W w ⠺ # english will and walk; french ouate z ⠵ # english zeal; french zèle UCS-BLOCK END UCS-CHAR ʈ ⠾ # Hindi's t UCS-CHAR ɖ ⠫ # Hindi's d UCS-CHAR c ⠉ # french quai # useless in braille: ɟ # french guêpe UCS-CHAR q ⠟ # arabic QAF, KW UCS-CHAR ɢ ⠟ # persan QAF UCS-CHAR ʔ ⠄ # septentrional german Verein; arabic Hamza UCS-CHAR ɱ ⠰ # italian N in Invidia; spanish N in Anfora UCS-CHAR ɳ ⠼ # marathi n in anna UCS-CHAR ɲ ⠔ # french GN in montagne UCS-CHAR ŋ ⠬ # english NG in sing; german NG in Ding; spanish N in Cinco UCS-CHAR ɴ ⠝ # inuit Enina UCS-CHAR ɫ ⠇ # english L in Table UCS-CHAR ɬ ⠇⠇ # gallish LL in Llangollen UCS-CHAR ɭ ⠸ # marathi L UCS-CHAR ʎ ⠿ # italian GL in Egli; spanish LL in Alla UCS-CHAR ɼ ⠺ # tzeck r UCS-CHAR ɾ ⠗ # spanish R in Pero UCS-CHAR ɽ ⠻ # Hindi R; norvegian L in Ola UCS-CHAR ʀ ⠻ # parisian R # special symbol if needed: ɸ # german W in schwester; tswana F; japanese H before U, like Huji UCS-CHAR ʙ ⠃ # spanish B in saber; median german W UCS-CHAR θ ⠹ # english TH in thing UCS-CHAR ð ⠮ # english TH in this UCS-CHAR ɮ ⠮ # zoulou DHL in Dhla UCS-CHAR ɹ ⠻ # meridional english R in dry UCS-CHAR ʂ ⠯ # marathi s; beijin SH before voyels UCS-CHAR ʐ ⠷ # beijin Z in zen UCS-CHAR ʃ ⠩ # english sh; french ch; german sch UCS-CHAR ʒ ⠴ # english s in Measure; french j in Jour # special symbol if needed: ç # English Hue UCS-CHAR ɕ ⠮ # polish s UCS-CHAR ʑ ⠵ # polish z in Zle UCS-CHAR x ⠭ # scottish ch in Loch; german ch in Ach UCS-CHAR ɣ ⠣ # spanish G in Luego; arabic GAYN # useless in braille: arabic KHA UCS-CHAR ħ ⠱ # arabic strong H # useless in braille: ʁ # arabic gain variant UCS-CHAR ʕ ⠷ # arabic AYN # special symbol if needed ɦ # english H in Behave; arabic TA MARBUTA # useless in braille: ɥ ⠥ # french U in Nuit UCS-CHAR ʋ ⠧ # dutch W; hindi V # Voyels UCS-CHAR i ⠊ # french Si; german Wie; english see UCS-CHAR e ⠑ # french Thé; english Red; german Mehr UCS-CHAR ɛ ⠢ # septentrional english Pen; french mettre, maître; german Bett UCS-CHAR a ⠁ # septentrional english Back; french parisian Patte UCS-CHAR ɑ ⠜ # french parisian Pas UCS-CHAR ɔ ⠕ # english O in Long; french Porte UCS-CHAR o ⠕ # scottish Coat; french Beau UCS-CHAR u ⠥ # french Tout; english Too, Good UCS-CHAR y ⠽ # french Lune; german über # useless in braille: ø # french Peu; german Schön UCS-CHAR œ ⠪ # French Œuf UCS-CHAR ɒ ⠕ # meridional english Hot UCS-CHAR ʌ ⠥ # english U in Much # useless in braille: # CHAN (looks like a mix between Y and gamma) # ɯ # like in the word CHAN that means "hand" # ɨ # russian voyel # ʉ # Norvegian Hus; scottish OO UCS-CHAR ɩ ⠊ # english Bit UCS-CHAR ɷ ⠥ # meridional english Book; german Hund UCS-CHAR ʊ ⠥ # meridional english Book; german Hund UCS-CHAR ʏ ⠳ # german Glück UCS-CHAR æ ⠁ # meridional english A in cat UCS-CHAR ɵ ⠪ # swedish Dun # UCS-CHAR english A in about ⠁ UCS-CHAR ɠ ⠁ # english A in Sofa