Braille is an inventive writing system that is utilised globally by the visually impaired. Just as there is not one sole language spoken on Earth, braiile does not exist in the same form universally. In particular Korean Braille has quite a few different rules to English Braille, which is just letter-for-letter substitution.

Ascertain what the main rules are in re-constructing a word from Korean Hangul into Korean Braille, and use this set of rules to answer the following questions.

(You can copy and paste the braille letters you need from the Wikipedia page: Korean Braille ASCII - Wikipedia)

English Hangul Phonetic Transcription Korean Braille
Family 가족 ga-jog ga jog
Love 사랑 sa-lang sa rang
Cat 고양이 go-yang-i go yang i
Friend 친구 chin-gu chin gu
Person 사람 sa-lam sa ram
Name 이름 i-leum i reum
School 학교 hag-gyo hag gyo
Water 물 mul mur
Kimchi 김치 gim-chi  
Puppy 강아지 gang-a-ji  

Challenge 1
Write the Korean Braille equivalent of the following word:

Challenge 2
Write the Korean Braille equivalent of the following word:

Challenge 3
Write the phonetic transcription for the following word written in Korean Braille:
(Use a dash - to separate each syllable block, eg. go-yang-i)

so  ju =  

Challenge 4
Write the phonetic transcription for the following word written in Korean Braille:

maog  yo  ir =  

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