Kyrgyz_Braille

Kyrgyz Braille

Kyrgyz Braille

Braille alphabet of the Kyrgyz language


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

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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.

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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:

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Paired punctuation:

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Formatting

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See also


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.

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