[nabs-l] Languages

[Vejas]

Lizzy,
My family language is Lithuanian.  If you're committed, you 
should be able to learn the grammar.
Lithuanian Braille is VERY easy.  Lithuanians have the same 
alphabet as we do, and most of the letters are the same.
There are a few variations on some of the letters.  For example, 
Lithuanian has 3 types of us: a regular u (dots 1-3-6), a long u 
which is dots 1-2-5-6, and a u with a nose (that's the best way I 
can translate it) dots 3-4-6.  That's just an example.  All 
vowels except o have either a long form of their letters or a 
"nose."
If you're interested in learning Lithuanian, if you e-mail me 
off-list I can give you the rest of the unique symbols.
Vejas



 ----- Original Message -----
From: Carly Mihalakis <carlymih at comcast.net
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Date sent: Wed, 07 May 2014 11:09:35 -0700
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Languages

Good morning, Lizzy,

         In high school, I studied Japanese language and, 
realizing
that I simply needed to learn tenji (Japanese braille,) my Dad 
looked
up the code on the Net and I sort of taught myself.  At 03:12 PM
1/16/2014, lizzy wrote:
Hi All,
Has anyone here taken a language that is lesser known? I really 
mean
anything other than french spanish or german; I'm thinking 
languages
like Chinese, Russian and Estonian.  The college that I will be
attending next year offers some pretty cool languages that I am
hoping to take advantage of.  Has anyone taken a language like 
this
before? What resources did you use to teach yourself the braille
code? Or did you go about it in a completely different way?
Thanks for any help you can give me,
Lizzy

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