Turkish Braille
| Turkish Braille Azeri Braille | |
|---|---|
| Type |
alphabet |
| Languages | Turkish |
Parent systems |
Braille
|
Print basis | Turkish alphabet |
Turkish Braille (kabartma yazı) is the braille alphabet of the Turkish language.
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 |
 |
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, and w, are used in Turkish Braille as well for foreign words. Azeri Braille uses the accent mark ⠈ to derive print ä (formerly ə) from a.[5]
 ə/ä |
 x |
 q |
References
- ↑ Beysehir Guidance and Research Centre
- ↑
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 (two Turkish Braille charts)
- ↑ And thus ⠲⠲⠲ for ellipsis
- ↑ World Braille Usage, UNESCO, 2013