Several

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alphabets are used in Nigeria. For English,

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has been adopted. Three other languages have been written in braille: Hausa, Igbo, and

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. All three alphabets are based on English readings, with the addition of letters particular to these languages. Punctuation is as in English Braille. : The letters of these languages beyond the basic Latin alphabet are as follows:

Hausa Braille

Hausa includes from English ''q, sh, st, ed'' (international second ''d''), and three derived letters: Hausa is presumably written in braille in Niger as well, since ''Ethnologue'' 17 reports that Zarma is written in braille in that country. However, this need not mean it uses the same alphabet as Nigerian Hausa.

Igbo Braille

Igbo Braille has from English ''q, ch, gh, sh,'' and six other letters with common international/African values: (See Ewe Braille and

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for similar code assignments.)

Yoruba Braille

Yoruba Braille also has (from English ''q, sh''), and three derived letters: The vowel assignments follow international conventions.

References

*''Braille Notation Booklet on the Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba Orthographies: A Research Work on Standard Braille Codes for the Blind in Nigeria, March 1981 – April 1982'' *UNESCO (2013
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