The braille alphabet used to write Hungarian is based on the international norm for the 26 basic letters of the Latin script. However, the letters for q and z have been replaced, to increase the symmetry of the accented letters of the Hungarian alphabet, which are largely innovative to Hungarian braille.[1][2]
Alphabet
The Hungarian alphabet is:
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A Á B C Cs D Dz Dzs E É F G Gy H I Í J K L Ly M N Ny O Ó Ö Ő P (Q) R S Sz T Ty U Ú Ü Ű V (W) (X) (Y) Z Zs
The letters that conform to traditional braille are:
The accented vowel letters are derived from their base letters through stretching or reflection as follows. The traditional letter for
q (which is not part of the basic Hungarian alphabet) has been reassigned to
ö, and an unused pattern has been assigned to
ü:
This creates the following symmetrical pattern for the umlauted vowels:
(Ä is not part of the basic Hungarian alphabet.)
The consonant digraphs are derived from their base letters as follows. The traditional letter for z has been replaced, and is used for a parenthesis. As with the accented vowels, the majority of digraphs are created through reflection:
This creates the following pattern among the sibilants:
Punctuation
Unlike English or French Braille, Hungarian Braille has separate opening and closing symbols for both parentheses and quotation marks.

,
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.
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;
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:
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-
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'
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?
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!
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„ ”
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( )
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/
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Mathematics and computer notation

number sign (#)
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Dollar sign ($)
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percent sign (%)
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ampersant (&)
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plus sign (+)
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asterisk / multiplication sign (*)
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division sign (/)
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equality sign (=)
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at sign (@)
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backslash (\)
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caret (^)
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underscore (_)
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`
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tilde / similarity sign (~)
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paragraph sign (§)
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euro (€)
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bullet sign (•)
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degree (°)
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Roman Numerals
the roman numerals use the capital letters of i, v, x, l, c, m
 
I
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II
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III
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IV
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V
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VI
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VII
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VIII
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IX
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X
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XI
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XX
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XXI
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XXX
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XXXI
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XL
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XLI
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L
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LI
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LX
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LXI
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C
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CI
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M
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MI
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Formatting

(num.)
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(caps)
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References
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^ Magyar Vakok és Gyengénlátók Országos Szövetsége. See chart here.
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^ Samrita Trust ([1])
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