Kyrgyz Braille

Kyrgyz Braille
Script type	Alphabet
Print basis	Kyrgyz
Languages	Kyrgyz
Related scripts
Parent systems	Braille Russian Braille Kyrgyz Braille

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:

Print	,	.	?	!	;	:	-
Braille

Paired punctuation:

Print	« ... »	( ... )
Braille	...	...

Formatting

italics	capital	number

See also

• Kyrgyz alphabets § Correspondence chart, for the braille alphabet aligned with the Cyrillic

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.

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