# Zambian Braille

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Braille systems used in Zambia

Zambian Braille Script type alphabet Print basis Bemba alphabet Languages Bemba, Tumbuka, Chewa, Kaonde, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Tonga Related scripts Parent systems Braille English Braille Zambian Braille

**Zambian Braille** is any of several [braille](/source/Braille) alphabets of [Zambia](/source/Zambia). It has been developed for the languages [Bemba](/source/Bemba_language), [Tumbuka](/source/Tumbuka_language), [Chewa](/source/Chewa_language), [Lozi](/source/Lozi_language), [Kaonde](/source/Kaonde_language), [Lunda](/source/Lunda_language), [Luvale](/source/Luvale_language), and [Tonga](/source/Tonga_language_(Zambia)).

It is based on the 26 letters of the [basic braille](/source/Basic_braille) alphabet used for Grade-1 [English Braille](/source/English_Braille), so the print digraph *ch* is written as a digraph ⠉⠓ in braille as well. The letter *ñ/ŋ* [ŋ] of several of the print alphabets is distinguished from the sequence *ng* [ŋɡ] with an apostrophe: ⠝⠛⠄ *ñ*, as in the equivalent *ng’* of print Bemba. The various alphabets, including digraphs that occur in any one of them, can thus be summarized as:

- a b bb c cc ch d e f g h hh i j k kh kk l m n ñ, ŋ, ng’ o p ph q r s sh th t u v w x y z

Bemba has the basic alphabet plus *ng’, sh,* and in some orthographies *ch* in place of *c*. Chewa and Tumbuka has *ch*; Lozi, Lunda and Kaonde have *ch, sh,* and *ñ*; Luvale has *ch, sh, ph, kh, th*; and Tonga has *ch, sh, bb, cc, hh, kk,* and *ŋ*.

Numbers and punctuation are as in traditional [English Braille](/source/English_Braille).

## References

- UNESCO (2013) [World Braille Usage](https://www.pharmabraille.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/World-Braille-Usage-Third-Edition-1.pdf), 3rd edition.

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