South African braille

Venda Braille
Venda Braille;
Script type	alphabet
Languages	Venda
Related scripts
Parent systems	Braille South African Venda Braille; ;

Sotho Braille
Tswana Braille
Sotho Braille; Tswana Braille
Script type	alphabet
Print basis	Sesotho alphabet; Tswana alphabet
Languages	Sesotho, Northern Sotho, Tswana
Related scripts
Parent systems	Braille South African Sotho Braille; ;

Afrikaans Braille
Afrikaans Braille;
Script type	alphabet
Print basis	Afrikaans alphabet
Languages	Afrikaans
Related scripts
Parent systems	Braille South African Afrikaans 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, Sesotho, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, and Zulu.^[1] 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.

Basic braille alphabet

a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	i	j	k	l	m

n	o	p	q	r	s	t	u	v	w	x	y	z

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.