Unit 17 Final-Letter Groupsigns: Dots 5-6 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 5-6 Final-Letter Groupsigns
| ence | ⠰⠑ | (dots 5-6) e |
| ong | ⠰⠛ | (dots 5-6) g |
| ful | ⠰⠇ | (dots 5-6) l |
| tion | ⠰⠝ | (dots 5-6) n |
| ness | ⠰⠎ | (dots 5-6) s |
| ment | ⠰⠞ | (dots 5-6) t |
| ity | ⠰⠽ | (dots 5-6) y |
Examples:
A long fence encloses the city.
⠠⠁⠀⠇⠰⠛⠀⠋⠰⠑⠀⠢⠉⠇⠕⠎⠑⠎⠀⠮⠀⠉⠰⠽⠲
There was excitement and expectation.
⠠⠐⠮⠀⠴⠀⠑⠭⠉⠊⠞⠑⠰⠞⠀⠯⠀⠑⠭⠏⠑⠉⠞⠁⠰⠝⠲
She was full of gratefulness.
⠠⠩⠑⠀⠴⠀⠋⠥⠇⠇⠀⠷⠀⠛⠗⠁⠞⠑⠰⠇⠰⠎⠲
Notice that two consecutive final-letter groupsigns can be used.
Word Examples:
| hence | sentence | silence | absence | science |
| ⠓⠰⠑ | ⠎⠢⠞⠰⠑ | ⠎⠊⠇⠰⠑ | ⠁⠃⠎⠰⠑ | ⠎⠉⠊⠰⠑ |
| among | songs | strong | wrong | longer |
| ⠁⠍⠰⠛ | ⠎⠰⠛⠎ | ⠌⠗⠰⠛ | ⠺⠗⠰⠛ | ⠇⠰⠛⠻ |
| useful | awfully | harmful | carefully | wasteful |
| ⠥⠎⠑⠰⠇ | ⠁⠺⠰⠇⠇⠽ | ⠓⠜⠍⠰⠇ | ⠉⠜⠑⠰⠇⠇⠽ | ⠺⠁⠌⠑⠰⠇ |
| action | motion | optional | fraction | nation |
| ⠁⠉⠰⠝ | ⠍⠕⠰⠝ | ⠕⠏⠰⠝⠁⠇ | ⠋⠗⠁⠉⠰⠝ | ⠝⠁⠰⠝ |
| kindness | fitness | oneness | sadness | illnesses |
| ⠅⠔⠙⠰⠎ | ⠋⠊⠞⠰⠎ | ⠐⠕⠰⠎ | ⠎⠁⠙⠰⠎ | ⠊⠇⠇⠰⠎⠑⠎ |
| moment | cement | torments | garments | commenting |
| ⠍⠕⠰⠞ | ⠉⠑⠰⠞ | ⠞⠕⠗⠰⠞⠎ | ⠛⠜⠰⠞⠎ | ⠉⠕⠍⠰⠞⠬ |
| unity | pity | cavity | reality | nationality |
| ⠥⠝⠰⠽ | ⠏⠰⠽ | ⠉⠁⠧⠰⠽ | ⠗⠂⠇⠰⠽ | ⠝⠁⠰⠝⠁⠇⠰⠽ |