The
braille
Braille (Pronounced: ) is a tactile writing system used by people who are visually impaired, including people who are blind, deafblind or who have low vision. It can be read either on embossed paper or by using refreshable braille disp ...
alphabet used for the
Kyrgyz language is based on
Russian Braille
Russian Braille is the braille alphabet of the Russian language. With suitable extensions, it is used for languages of neighboring countries that are written in Cyrillic in print, such as Ukrainian and Mongolian. It is based on the Latin trans ...
, 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.
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.
[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.] Compare the ң, ө, ү of
Kazakh Braille
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 h ...
, for example.
Punctuation
The question mark differs from Russian Braille.
Single punctuation:
Paired punctuation:
Formatting
See also
*
Kyrgyz alphabets#Correspondence chart, for the braille alphabet aligned with the Cyrillic
References
* UNESCO (2013
World Braille Usage 3rd edition.
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French-ordered braille alphabets
Kyrgyz language