Turkish Braille
Turkish Braille (kabartma yazı) is the braille alphabet of the Turkish language.
Turkish Braille | |
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Script type | alphabet
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Print basis | Turkish alphabet |
Languages | Turkish |
Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Braille
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Alphabet
Turkish Braille follows international usage. The vowels with diacritics, ö and ü, have their French/German forms, whereas the consonants with diacritics, ç, ğ, and ş, have the forms of the nearest English approximations, ch, gh, and sh. Dotless i is derived by shifting down.[1][2][3]
![]() a |
![]() b |
![]() c |
![]() ç |
![]() d |
![]() e |
![]() f |
![]() g |
![]() ğ |
![]() h |
![]() ı |
![]() i |
![]() j |
![]() k |
![]() l |
![]() m |
![]() n |
![]() o |
![]() ö |
![]() p |
![]() r |
![]() s |
![]() ş |
![]() t |
![]() u |
![]() ü |
![]() v |
![]() y |
![]() z |
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The accent point, ⠈, is used for â, î, û. Point ⠠ is used for capitals.[3]
Punctuation
Punctuation and arithmetical signs are as follows:[3]
![]() ◌̂ |
![]() ' |
![]() , |
![]() ; |
![]() : |
![]() .[4] |
![]() ! |
![]() ? |
![]() - |
![]() (space) |
![]() ![]() ( ... ) |
![]() ![]() “ ... ” |
![]() ![]() (quote dash) |
![]() ![]() (poetry) | ||||||
![]() ![]() * |
![]() ![]() / |
![]() ![]() + |
![]() ![]() − |
![]() ![]() = |
⠜⠜ is perhaps related to ⠜ in Irish Braille, which marks a new line of verse.
For quotations, the dash — is used differently from inverted commas “...”, for example when transcribing short turns in dialog.
Extensions to other languages
Azeri (Azerbaijani) Braille adds the letters x and q with their international forms ⠭ and ⠟. These letters are used in Azeri Braille, or in the case of Turkish Braille, in foreign words. w is only used for foreign words in both Turkish and Azeri Braille. Azeri Braille uses the accent mark ⠈ to derive print ə (formerly ä) from a.[5]
![]() ![]() ə |
![]() x |
![]() q |
![]() w |
References
- Beysehir Guidance and Research Centre
- "KABARTMA YAZI BRAİLLE | SELİM ALTINOK ve KERİM ALTINOK". Archived from the original on 2013-02-11. Retrieved 2013-02-11.
- (two Turkish Braille charts)
- And thus ⠲⠲⠲ for ellipsis
- World Braille Usage, UNESCO, 2013