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.[1][2][3]
The accent point, ⠈, is used for â, î, û. Point ⠠ is used for capitals.[3]
Punctuation
Punctuation and arithmetical signs are as follows:[3]
⠜⠜ 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, and w, are used in Turkish Braille as well for foreign words. Azeri Braille uses the accent mark ⠈ to derive print ä (formerly ə) from a.[5]
References
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^ Beysehir Guidance and Research Centre
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^ [1]
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^ a b c (two Turkish Braille charts)
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^ And thus ⠲⠲⠲ for ellipsis
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^ World Braille Usage, UNESCO, 2013
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