Kazakh Braille

Kazakh Braille
Script type	Alphabet
Print basis	Kazakh alphabet
Languages	Kazakh
Related scripts
Parent systems	Braille Russian Braille 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 has the additional letters ә, ғ, қ, ң, һ, ө, ұ, ү, і.

Print	а a	ә ä	б b	в v	г g	ғ ğ	д d	е e	ё io	ж j	з z	и i	й i	к k
Braille
Print	қ q	л l	м m	н n	ң ñ	о o	ө ö	п p	р r	с s	т t	у u	ұ ū	ү ü
Braille
Print	ф f	х h	һ h	ц ts	ч tş	ш ş	щ ştş	ъ	ы y	і ı	ь	э e	ю iu	я ia
Braille

Apart from ⠽ і, which

, apart from ⠜ ә (Latin ä).

Punctuation

Single punctuation:

Print	,	.	?	!	;	:
Braille

Paired punctuation:

Kazakh Braille is reported to use the Russian arithmetical parentheses ⠣ ... ⠜.

Print	« ... »	( ... )
Braille	...	...

Formatting

italics	capital	number

See also

• Languages of Kazakhstan
• Kazakh alphabets#Correspondence chart, for the braille alphabet aligned with the Cyrillic

References

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