Turkish Braille

Turkish Braille
Script type	alphabet
Print basis	Turkish alphabet
Languages	Turkish
Related scripts
Parent systems	Braille English Braille Turkish Braille

Turkish Braille (kabartma yazı) is the braille alphabet of the Turkish language.

Alphabet

Turkish Braille follows international usage. The vowels with diacritics, ö and ü, have their French/German forms, whereas the consonants with diacritics, ç, ğ, and ş, have the forms of the nearest English approximations, ch, gh, and sh. Dotless i is derived by shifting down.

a	b	c	ç	d	e	f	g	ğ	h
ı	i	j	k	l	m	n	o	ö	p
r	s	ş	t	u	ü	v	y	z

The accent point, ⠈, is used for â, î, û. Point ⠠ is used for capitals.

Punctuation

Punctuation and arithmetical signs are as follows:

◌̂	'	,	;	:	.	!	?	-	(space)
... ( ... )			... “ ... ”			(quote dash)		(poetry)
*		/		+		−		=

⠜⠜ is perhaps related to ⠜ in Irish Braille, which marks a new line of verse.

For quotations, the dash — is used differently from inverted commas “...”, for example when transcribing short turns in dialog.

Extensions to other languages

Azeri (Azerbaijani) Braille adds the letters x and q with their international forms ⠭ and ⠟. These letters are used in Azeri Braille, or in the case of Turkish Braille, in foreign words. w is only used for foreign words in both Turkish and Azeri Braille. Azeri Braille uses the accent mark ⠈ to derive print ə (formerly ä) from a.

ə

x

q

w