Unit 17 Final-Letter Groupsigns: Dots 4-6 Indicator
Final-letter groupsigns are made up of two consecutive braille cells. The first is an indicator cell that is made up of either dots 4-6, or dots 5-6. The second cell uses the last letter of the word it represents.
Guidelines:
Final-letter groupsigns may only be used as part of a word and must never stand alone as a whole word.
They may NOT be used at the beginning of a word.
General Preference Rule:
When there is more than one way to form a contraction, preference is given to the contraction that saves the most space.
Dot 4-6 Final-Letter Groupsigns
| ance | ⠨⠑ | (dots 4-6) e |
| ound | ⠨⠙ | (dots 4-6) d |
| less | ⠨⠎ | (dots 4-6) s |
| sion | ⠨⠝ | (dots 4-6) n |
| ount | ⠨⠞ | (dots 4-6) t |
Examples:
He blesses the occasion.
⠠⠓⠑⠀⠃⠨⠎⠑⠎⠀⠮⠀⠕⠒⠁⠨⠝⠲
The hikers found the mountain pass.
⠠⠮⠀⠓⠊⠅⠻⠎⠀⠋⠨⠙⠀⠮⠀⠍⠨⠞⠁⠔⠀⠏⠁⠎⠎⠲
The dancer seems weightless.
⠠⠮⠀⠙⠨⠑⠗⠀⠎⠑⠑⠍⠎⠀⠺⠑⠊⠣⠞⠨⠎⠲
Notice in "dancer" that the (ance) groupsign is chosen over the (er) contraction because it will save space.
More word Examples:
| chance | cancel | finance | advance | balance |
| ⠡⠨⠑ | ⠉⠨⠑⠇ | ⠋⠔⠨⠑ | ⠁⠙⠧⠨⠑ | ⠃⠁⠇⠨⠑ |
| founder | around | surround | rebound | confound |
| ⠋⠨⠙⠻ | ⠜⠨⠙ | ⠎⠥⠗⠗⠨⠙ | ⠗⠑⠃⠨⠙ | ⠒⠋⠨⠙ |
| bless | endless | unless | careless | hopeless |
| ⠃⠨⠎ | ⠢⠙⠨⠎ | ⠥⠝⠨⠎ | ⠉⠜⠑⠨⠎ | ⠓⠕⠏⠑⠨⠎ |
| envisioning | version | occasional | session | missions |
| ⠢⠧⠊⠨⠝⠬ | ⠧⠻⠨⠝ | ⠕⠒⠁⠨⠝⠁⠇ | ⠎⠑⠎⠨⠝ | ⠍⠊⠎⠨⠝⠎ |
| amount | county | country | recount | fountain |
| ⠁⠍⠨⠞ | ⠉⠨⠞⠽ | ⠉⠨⠞⠗⠽ | ⠗⠑⠉⠨⠞ | ⠋⠨⠞⠁⠔ |