Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Religion / The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi / Braille

The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 1 — uncontracted, letter-for-letter. Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 2 instead.

Download .brf — Grade 2 Download .brf — Grade 1 Plain-text reader .txt

178,056 braille cells · 188 embossed pages at 40×25 · 569 unrepresentable characters omitted

⠀⠍⠊⠝⠙⠊⠝⠛⠀⠞⠓⠑⠊⠗⠀⠕⠺⠝⠀⠃⠥⠎⠊⠝⠑⠎⠎⠂⠀⠃⠑⠎⠊⠙⠑⠎⠀
⠋⠥⠗⠝⠊⠎⠓⠊⠝⠛⠀⠞⠓⠑⠍⠀⠺⠊⠞⠓⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠃⠑⠎⠞⠀⠗⠕⠥⠝⠙⠀⠕⠋⠀
⠋⠗⠑⠑⠀⠞⠓⠑⠁⠞⠗⠊⠉⠁⠇⠀⠑⠝⠞⠑⠗⠞⠁⠊⠝⠍⠑⠝⠞⠎⠀⠑⠝⠚⠕⠽⠑⠙⠀
⠃⠽⠀⠁⠝⠽⠀⠏⠑⠕⠏⠇⠑⠀⠊⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠺⠕⠗⠇⠙⠲⠀⠠⠎⠊⠝⠉⠑⠀⠑⠧⠑⠗⠽
⠀⠉⠑⠗⠑⠍⠕⠝⠽⠀⠓⠁⠎⠀⠊⠞⠎⠀⠏⠁⠗⠞⠊⠉⠥⠇⠁⠗⠀⠉⠕⠎⠞⠥⠍⠑⠎⠂⠀
⠗⠊⠞⠥⠁⠇⠎⠂⠀⠎⠕⠝⠛⠎⠂⠀⠞⠓⠑⠗⠑⠀⠊⠎⠀⠏⠇⠑⠝⠞⠽⠀⠕⠋⠀
⠧⠁⠗⠊⠑⠞⠽⠀⠊⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠎⠑⠀⠍⠁⠞⠞⠑⠗⠎⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠍⠕⠗⠑⠀⠙⠑⠞⠁⠊⠇
⠀⠕⠋⠀⠍⠑⠁⠝⠊⠝⠛⠀⠞⠓⠁⠝⠀⠁⠝⠽⠀⠕⠥⠞⠎⠊⠙⠑⠗⠀⠓⠁⠎⠀⠑⠧⠑⠗⠀
⠋⠁⠞⠓⠕⠍⠑⠙⠲⠀⠀⠠⠞⠓⠑⠀⠠⠝⠊⠍⠁⠝⠂⠀⠕⠗⠀⠋⠁⠗⠑⠺⠑⠇⠇⠀
⠙⠁⠝⠉⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠠⠅⠁⠉⠓⠊⠝⠁⠎⠂⠀⠞⠁⠅⠑⠎⠀⠏⠇⠁⠉⠑⠀⠊⠝⠀
⠠⠚⠥⠇⠽⠲⠀⠠⠊⠞⠀⠊⠎⠀⠕⠝⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠊⠗⠀⠃⠊⠛⠀⠝⠊⠝⠑⠤⠙⠁⠽⠀
⠋⠑⠎⠞⠊⠧⠁⠇⠎⠂⠀⠊⠝⠉⠇⠥⠙⠊⠝⠛⠀⠎⠑⠉⠗⠑⠞⠀⠗⠊⠞⠑⠎⠀⠊⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑
⠀⠅⠊⠧⠁⠎⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠁⠀⠏⠥⠃⠇⠊⠉⠀⠙⠁⠝⠉⠑⠀⠁⠞⠀⠊⠞⠎⠀⠉⠇⠕⠎⠑⠲⠀
⠠⠍⠑⠎⠎⠑⠝⠛⠑⠗⠎⠀⠁⠗⠑⠀⠎⠑⠝⠞⠀⠕⠝⠀⠇⠕⠝⠛⠀⠚⠕⠥⠗⠝⠑⠽⠎⠀
⠋⠕⠗⠀⠎⠁⠉⠗⠑⠙⠀⠺⠁⠞⠑⠗⠂⠀⠏⠊⠝⠑⠀⠃⠕⠥⠛⠓⠎⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠕⠞⠓⠑⠗
⠀⠎⠏⠑⠉⠊⠁⠇⠀⠕⠃⠚⠑⠉⠞⠎⠀⠋⠕⠗⠀⠞⠓⠑⠎⠑⠀⠗⠊⠞⠑⠎⠲⠀⠠⠞⠓⠊⠎⠀
⠊⠎⠀⠁⠀⠓⠕⠍⠑⠤⠉⠕⠍⠊⠝⠛⠀⠋⠑⠎⠞⠊⠧⠁⠇⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠁⠀⠠⠓⠕⠏⠊⠀
⠺⠊⠇⠇⠀⠍⠁⠅⠑⠀⠑⠧⠑⠗⠽⠀⠑⠋⠋⠕⠗⠞⠀⠞⠕⠀⠛⠑⠞⠀⠓⠕⠍⠑⠀⠞⠕⠀
⠓⠊⠎⠀⠕⠺⠝⠀⠞⠕⠺⠝⠀⠋⠕⠗⠀⠞⠓⠊⠎⠀⠑⠧⠑⠝⠞⠲⠀⠠⠕⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀
⠝⠊⠝⠞⠓⠀⠙⠁⠽⠀⠞⠓⠑⠗⠑⠀⠊⠎⠀⠁⠀⠇⠕⠧⠑⠇⠽⠀⠏⠁⠛⠑⠁⠝⠞⠀⠚⠥⠎⠞
⠀⠃⠑⠋⠕⠗⠑⠀⠎⠥⠝⠗⠊⠎⠑⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠁⠝⠕⠞⠓⠑⠗⠀⠊⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀
⠁⠋⠞⠑⠗⠝⠕⠕⠝⠲⠀⠠⠝⠕⠀⠕⠞⠓⠑⠗⠀⠉⠑⠗⠑⠍⠕⠝⠽⠀⠎⠓⠕⠺⠎⠀⠎⠥⠉⠓
⠀⠁⠀⠛⠕⠗⠛⠑⠕⠥⠎⠀⠁⠗⠗⠁⠽⠀⠕⠋⠀⠉⠕⠇⠕⠗⠋⠥⠇⠀⠍⠁⠎⠅⠎⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀
⠉⠕⠎⠞⠥⠍⠑⠎⠲⠀⠠⠁⠝⠙⠀⠊⠞⠀⠊⠎⠀⠁⠀⠏⠁⠗⠞⠊⠉⠥⠇⠁⠗⠇⠽⠀
⠓⠁⠏⠏⠽⠀⠙⠁⠽⠀⠋⠕⠗⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠽⠕⠥⠝⠛⠀⠋⠕⠇⠅⠂⠀⠋⠕⠗⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀

These are the same pages the .brf download embosses — form-feed breaks and all. BRF opens in braille software (Duxbury, BrailleBlaster), on embossers, and on refreshable displays.