Turkish Braille
Turkish Braille | |
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Script type | alphabet |
Print basis | Turkish alphabet |
Languages | Turkish |
Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Braille
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Turkish Braille (kabartma yazı) is the braille alphabet of the Turkish language.
Alphabet
[edit]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.[1][2][3]
![]() 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.[3]
Punctuation
[edit]Punctuation and arithmetical signs are as follows:[3]
![]() ◌̂ | ![]() ' | ![]() , | ![]() ; | ![]() : | ![]() .[4] | ![]() ! | ![]() ? | ![]() - | ![]() (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
[edit]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.[5][unreliable source?]
![]() ![]() ə | ![]() x | ![]() q | ![]() w |
References
[edit]- ^ Beysehir Guidance and Research Centre
- ^ "KABARTMA YAZI BRAİLLE | SELİM ALTINOK ve KERİM ALTINOK". Archived from the original on 2013-02-11. Retrieved 2013-02-11.
- ^ a b c (two Turkish Braille charts)
- ^ And thus ⠲⠲⠲ for ellipsis
- ^ World Braille Usage, UNESCO, 2013