The braille alphabet used for the Kyrgyz language is based on Russian Braille, with a few additional letters found in the print Kyrgyz alphabet.

Kyrgyz Braille
Script type
Alphabet
Print basis
Kyrgyz alphabet
LanguagesKyrgyzJH
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 This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

Alphabet

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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

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The question mark differs from Russian Braille.

Single punctuation:

Print , . ? ! ; : -
Braille              

Paired punctuation:

Print « ... » ( ... )
Braille  ...   ... 

Formatting

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italics capital number
     

See also

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References

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  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.