Kyrgyz Braille Explained

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

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

Alphabet

Kyrgyz Braille uses the entire Russian Braille alphabet, though some letters are only found in loans and in addition has the letters ң, ө, ү.

Print	а a	б b	в v	г g	д d	е ye	ё yo	ж j	з z	и i^[1]	й y	к k
Braille
Print	л l	м m	н n	ң ng	о o	ө ö	п p	р r	с s	т t	у u	ү ü
Braille
Print	ф f	х kh	ц ts	ч ch	ш sh	щ shch	ъ ”	ы ı	ь ’	э e	ю yu	я ya
Braille

Although the non-Russian letters ң, ө, ү are found in many other Cyrillic alphabets, their braille assignments are unrelated to those or with international norms.^[2] Compare the ң, ө, ү of Kazakh Braille, for example.

Punctuation

The question mark differs from Russian Braille.

Single punctuation:

Paired punctuation:

Print	« ... »	(...)
Braille	...	...

See also

• , for the braille alphabet aligned with the Cyrillic

References

• UNESCO (2013) World Braille Usage, 3rd edition.

Notes and References

1. Unesco (2013) has an apparent copy error for и,, which duplicates the Kyrgyz Braille colon.
2. Though perhaps just coincidence, the letter ү may be an exception, as it somewhat resembles a Latin v and is written as a v in braille.