Kazakh Braille Explained

Kazakh Braille
Type:Alphabet
Languages:Kazakh
Fam1:Braille
Fam2:Russian Braille
Print:Kazakh alphabet
Note:none

The braille alphabet used for the Kazakh language is based on Russian Braille, with several additional letters found in the print Kazakh alphabet.

Alphabet

Kazakh uses all of the letters of the Russian alphabet, though some just in loans and has the additional letters ә, ғ, қ, ң, һ, ө, ұ, ү, і.

Print а a ә äб b в vг gғ ğд dе eё yoж jз zи iй yк k
Braille
Print қ qл lм mн nң ñо oө öп pр rс sт tу wұ uү ü
Braille
Print ф fх xһ hц cч çш şщ şçъ ʕ ы ɨі ıь ʔ э êю yuя ya
Braille

Apart from і, which once existed in Russian Braille and ұ, which is the same as the ў of Belarusian Braille (a letter which was used in earlier Kazakh alphabets with the same value), the braille values assigned to the extra Kazakh letters do not follow the assignments of other languages that use the Cyrillic script in print. They also do not follow international norms, apart from ә (Latin ä).

Punctuation

Single punctuation:

Paired punctuation:

Kazakh Braille is reported to use the Russian arithmetical parentheses ... .

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See also

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